We were unable to do the late-afternoon prayer in a mosque, so we prayed in the open.
Sometimes the words are difficult to understand or are prayed in flat and boring tones as though the celebrant doesn't believe them.
Before beginning mass, the Pope prayed in the grotto where Gabriel is said to have told Mary she was carrying the baby Jesus.
In Spain, 23% of respondents said they prayed in the mosque or place of worship every day, with another 25% saying they attended a religious service weekly.
Benedict, 84, arrived in Cuba's southeastern city of Santiago de Cuba on Monday, later heading to the city's Basilica del Cobre where he prayed in front of the Virgin of Charity of Cobre, a wooden statue considered to be the shrine of the island's patron saint.
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To this day, the Confessor's shrine in the Abbey attracts worshippers from round the world, including President George W. Bush who prayed there in 2003.
There was a great tendency that the Egyptians prayed only in the mosque for Egyptians.
And the Pakistanis prayed only in the mosques for Pakistanis.
On Sunday, Democratic delegates convening in Denver were prayed over by representatives of various faiths.
As a boy, Giuliani had a crucifix in his room and prayed to St.
Woke in the night and prayed not to be pregnant, though God knows who I was praying to.
The two used a different kneeler in the pews and prayed together, side-by-side.
They sang and prayed, and sprinkled bottled water in a representation of tears.
Sometimes they had prayed together over the phone, in a kind of half code in case anybody accidentally picked up the extension.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) Filipinos in Asia's largest predominantly Roman Catholic nation attended Mass on Sunday with their church awkwardly having no pope for the first time in 600 years and prayed for the smooth rise of a successor to Benedict XVI to lead an embattled institution.
It is one of the oldest operating synagogues in the world, and my ancestors certainly prayed here when travelling through Prague--although as far as I know I am the first in the family to earn an assigned seat!
In the chapel where they prayed together, Benedict offered Francis the traditional kneeler used by the pope.
One of Egypt's leading Islamic clerics has prayed at the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, despite Arab opposition to visiting Israel-controlled areas.
It is the faith of a man lying in an operating room who prayed for the one who shot him before he prayed for himself.
Huddled under a mattress in their hallway, they prayed the tornado would not pull the roof off and suck them away, said Ms. Ozuna, a 36-year-old hairdresser.
The gallery in which Jewish women once prayed behind lace curtains has been removed, and another floor installed. (A plan to add a minaret was scotched by the local council.) Except for its chandeliers and the ornate carving around its doors, the main prayer hall is much more austere than in its Christian and Jewish phases.
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So we watched as about 25 fervent and enthusiastic Christians prayed on the the interstate's shoulder in Dallas.
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In the past, she had prayed that the cardinals wouldn't pick him.
Every day I was in a coma, my parents prayed for me and for it not to be my time, and to come back to them.
Schools in the Swat Valley closed on Wednesday in protest at the attack, and schoolchildren in other parts of the country prayed for the girl's recovery.
"I closed my eyes and prayed and waited to die, " she wrote in "The Sinking, " an account of her survival.
U.S. investigators have been trying to determine whether Tamerlan Tsarnaev was radicalized during his stay in the Caucasus, where he regularly prayed at a Makhachkala mosque.
They trained at the same gym, lived only blocks apart in Cambridge, at one point, and prayed separately before working out.
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She said that in a way, she's found the "healing" -- at least in a spiritual sense -- that she prayed so hard for after she first tested positive.
Pope Francis in a telegram hailed Napolitano's wisdom and prayed that the president receive "constant divine assistance" on the job.
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