The largest medical study of the efficacy of intercessory prayer in healing has found that it has no effect on patients’ recovery from heart-bypass surgery, researchers announced on Thursday. Patients ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

The researchers set out to quantify the effects of faith, calling upon the best logic of science. They designed a randomized, controlled trial, the gold standard of scientific study. They sought out ...

A LOT of studies on intercessory prayer have been published in recent years. This research has returned mixed results. Some studies conclude that prayer improves health, while others show no effect—or ...

The largest medical study of the efficacy of intercessory prayer in healing has found it has no effect on patients’ recoveries from heart-bypass surgery, researchers announced in late March. Patients ...