A woman’s face emerges from the many exposed layers of plaster. The cheeks have lost their glow. The crack that cuts through the fine contours and has claimed one eye is only scarcely closed with ...

The Vatican on Sunday released the first photograph of pope in more than a month, showing Pope Francis wearing a purple ...

The exposition objects were growing in number thus pushing for a museum to demonstrate the amazing finds related to Yakutia's ...

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The event featured extensive measures for crowd management and security, amidst challenges including a stampede and a water quality controversy. The grand 45-day Maha Kumbh, one of the world’s largest ...

The Religious Landscape Study (RLS) – conducted in 2007, 2014 and 2023-24 – surveys more than 35,000 Americans in all 50 states about their religious affiliations, beliefs and practices along with ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Choir members sing hymns at Christ Church in Philadelphia during Sunday service, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo ...

Americans’ overall perceptions of religion tilt positive, according to the survey, but appear to have cooled since 2014. Overall, 51% express mostly positive views of religious institutions ...

This event, a religious extravaganza, concludes with Mahashivratri at Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj. Over 50 crore people reportedly took a dip at the Triveni Sangam, from across India and abroad.

and I have been particularly struck by the letters and drawings from children. Thank you for your closeness, and for the consoling prayers I have received from all over the world! — Pope Francis ...

Green, a political scientist at the University of Akron who consulted with Pew on the new study. “I’m always expecting the unexpected. That’s what it means to be in a dynamic religious landscape.” ...