The annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia has begun. It’s required once in a lifetime by every Muslim who can ...

Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice, the second of the two main festivals in Islam alongside Eid al-Fitr. Eid al-Adha is a major Islamic holiday that commemorates Prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to ...

Wondering about the spiritual meaning of the praying mantis is understandable, because even its name seems to carry symbolism ...

(RNS) — Before the last conclave, Ulrike Heckl found herself looking at photos of ... a site where people around the world could come and be randomly assigned to pray for one of the cardinals ...

For example, Jack Jenkins, a national reporter for Religion News Service, posted (archived) pictures on ... "Clergy and People of Moral Conscience Arrested for Praying Inside the United States ...

(AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] Tributes to Pope Francis poured in from around the world, from presidents to people of all walks ...

In Photos and Video The faithful gathered for a rosary prayer at St. Peter’s Square ... the church that Pope Francis chose as his burial place. People mourning Pope Francis by a mural of him ...

During the Mass, throngs of Catholics and non-Catholics knelt in prayer along the Parkway. Hundreds of thousands of people flocked to the Parkway for Mass. Hundreds of thousands of communion wafers, ...

The New York Police Department's Hate Crime Task Force is investigating an act of vandalism reported this week at an Islamic prayer space ... "urine and obscene, lewd images defacing the walls ...

Let us make, in silence, this prayer: your prayer over me ... ‘carried’ and supported by all God’s people. Thank you all!” And while no photos of the pope have been released since ...

In a message published in lieu of his weekly Sunday Angelus prayer, which he normally delivers from a window overlooking St Peter's Square, Francis thanked medical staff. People pray outside the ...

(Natacha Pisarenko/AP) Candles and photos for Pope Francis are seen at ... (Gregorio Borgia/AP) People pray for Pope Francis in front of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome on Feb. 23, 2025 ...