A Native American tribe’s lawsuit alleging that the remains of more than 100 of its ancestors were mishandled and “desecrated” during construction of a downtown Los Angeles museum has been thrown out ...

A devaprasnam will be conducted after temple remnants, including a Shiva Linga, were found on land owned by the Catholic ...

Easily the biggest religious controversy at this year’s Academy Awards is with the movie “Conclave.” The film, based on the best-selling novel by Robert Harris and starring Ralph Fiennes, Stanley ...

The script always had a soul, a second layer — it’s not just about a plot or a story; there’s something deep behind it. It ...

“The rituals lasted two days ... ‘We must reward good, punish evil’ – Catholic priest A psychologist, Dr. Fidel Okoye, highlighted the disturbing influence of social media, particularly ...

(RNS) — On Sunday (Jan. 26), a collection of U.S. Catholic bishops’ staffers met at a Capitol Hill hotel with Catholic advocates and educators at the USCCB’s Catholic Social Ministry Gathering.

It might strike us as odd or even irritating that a woman would need to be purified after giving birth, but ancient Jewish practice exhibited great reverence for the rituals of both birth and death.

Brighid's caoineadh is like the Tibetan ritual of ushering souls to nirvana in the Book of the Dead. The Irish tradition of making crosses on Imbolc or Lá Fhéile Bhríde (St. Brigid's Day ...

It is also believed that Mauni Amavasya is a perfect time for prayers and rituals because of the alignment of celestial bodies, which intensifies spiritual forces. As we all know that Maa Kumbh ...

For example, most people will be familiar with an Egyptian ritual from "The Book of the Dead" of Isis breathing life into the mummified corpse, but many may not know that the same scene is ...

Devotees perform special prayers and rituals to seek blessings from their forefathers. The festival holds immense spiritual importance for Hindus, especially in Tamil Nadu. Thai Amavasai is ...

(Matthew 12:10-12) Originally oral Jewish traditions cited Hosea 6:6 and taught that helping people was of greater importance than observing rituals and customs (Sukkah 49b, Deuteronomy Rabbah on ...