MICHAEL FISCHMAN recounts the time he experienced a lightness of being and became Shankara on the auspicious night of Maha Shivaratri I began to fall in love with India and with the colourful rituals ...

In Seattle’s Rainier Valley, the Cham community stands at a crossroads—honoring centuries-old traditions while forging a new ...

Pope Leo XIV has reaffirmed traditional Catholic views on marriage and dignity of the unborn, emphasizing peace, justice and truth in his first major remarks.

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Fathers need not be religious to bless their children on the cusp of adulthood. Blessings can foster hope, strengthen bonds, ...

Traditional flag hoisting ceremony at Hazrat Syed Khwaja Bande Nawaz Dargah marks the beginning of Urs-e-Shareef.

It was the first time that Leo had returned to the loggia since he first appeared to the world on Thursday evening following ...

Tens of thousands of faithful Catholics gathered in St. Peter’s Square to watch Pope Leo XIV deliver the first Sunday ...

In his first Sunday blessing since being elected to the pontificate, Pope Leo XIV called for peace and ceasefires in Gaza and ...

The new pope, Leo XIV, is scheduled to deliver his first such prayer on Sunday from the loggia where he first appeared in ...

Pope Leo XIV said in his first mass this morning that the Church must do more to reach places around the world where there is ...

For both women, Cambodian traditions are not relics of a distant homeland but living customs that shape their identities, ...