On Friday night, hundreds of people turned out for prayer vigils and services in Newtown, Conn .and across the country in the aftermath of one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history.
Speaking to reporters as he came out of prayers at a Bethlehem mosque, the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, spoke of the emergence of a Palestinian state in the coming year.
Many American parishes closed rather than obey the directive; others cut those prayers out of their prayer books and replaced them with supplications for George Washington and the Continental Congress.
I gave my spill online, encouraging everyone to be safe out there and thanking out-of-towners for their prayers and support not just for me and my family, but for the entire city of Houston.
Three days after the death of the 95-year-old former President, millions of people across South Africa turned out in a day of prayer, giving thanks for his life and reflecting on his contribution to the nation.
The BBC spent the morning with Pastor Joel Serasengwe and his small congregation in Soweto to find out what the 'day of prayer' celebrations meant to them.
When he got there, he crawled into a cave and went to sleep. 1 Kings 19: 3-9 MSG. 3. As often as possible Jesus withdrew to out-of-the-way places for prayer.
The initial phase beginning on Thursday introduces fines or jail terms for offences ranging from indecent behaviour, failure to attend Friday prayers, and out-of-wedlock pregnancies.
The notion advanced by the Justices that officials can't insist on non-denominational prayer or, absent that, be inclusive in searching out a variety of prayer-givers, belies the actual facts.
(Most Muslims, for instance, have Fridays as their principal day of prayer, ruling out the use of schools).
