As every four years, several religious leaders spoke at this event ... delivered the opening prayer. Already present in 2017, Cardinal Dolan is not known to be close to Trump.

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Across Jashpur, in Chhattisgarh state, flags emblazoned with Hindu gods flutter ... He vividly recalls the day a Christian nun at school cut his braid, a religious symbol for upper-caste Hindus. The ...

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(CNN) — Dozens of people were killed in a crowd crush at the world’s largest religious gathering in India early Wednesday, as tens of millions of devotees went to bathe in a river on one of the most ...

A deadly stampede interrupts celebrations at a Hindu festival in northern India, leaving dozens of people dead. Kumbh Mela is the world’s largest religious gathering, where upwards of 400 million ...

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They didn’t ascribe to any religious denomination but saw themselves as Christians who followed the Bible. They believed that through prayer, a person could receive the Holy Spirit, which would ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — Hindu devotees, mystics and holy men and women have gathered in India’s northern city of Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh festival, the world’s largest religious gathering.