Maybe you sat down and memorized them for class or O.C.I.A. Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name… The Our Father is perhaps the most famous Christian prayer. The magnitude of this ...

In Christianity, the “Our Father” prayer in traces hits roots back to Jesus’ preaching and practice, according to virtually all scholars. Catholics say this prayer together at every Mass.

In an interview with an Italian TV network, the pontiff said that the current language of the Our Father prayer "is not a good translation." In English and similarly in Italian, the prayer asks ...

And yet, for all that, the Holy Spirit has guided the Church, in its popular piety, to focus on two prayers — the “Our Father” and the “Hail Mary” — as the twin pillars of liturgical ...