The new prayer request post type appeared to only be available in Facebook Groups, and first has to be enabled by an administrator. It's unclear if the new feature has already been fully rolled out to ...

After her daughter was killed in a drive-by shooting earlier this year and her son began using drugs to cope with the pain, one mother was overwhelmed. Unsure what to do or how to help, she posted ...

This is not true. Meta, which owns Facebook, has confirmed users can post the Lord’s Prayer and there is no mention of Christian or other religious content in Facebook’s ‘community standards’ policies ...

Facebook added a prayer feature to its platform in order to reach out to religious communities. While some welcomed the new tool, others felt that it was exploitive and cynical. Facebook has long ...

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Facebook has long sought your attention. In recent weeks, it has started asking for your prayers as well in a new tool now available for US Facebook groups. The prayer feature is part of Facebook’s ...

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Facebook already asks for your thoughts. Now it wants your prayers. The social media giant has rolled out a new prayer request feature, a tool embraced by some religious leaders as a cutting-edge way ...