India’s spiritual history is a colorful mix of rituals and beliefs that have shaped its culture for thousands of years. While ...

The three-day festival began on Wednesday afternoon at the Manipuri Cultural Complex in Tentigaon village, with religious rituals and folk performances marking the opening ceremony. For all latest ...

But although the pope eschewed pomp, a number of other rituals surrounding his funeral will follow ancient traditions. By Friday morning, more than 128,000 mourners had filed past Francis's open ...

I knew that anytime I would've ever raised a frustration with anything, he could walk in here the next day and fire me.' The story eerily echoes the story Rachel told Thursday at her father's ...

The new pope will be elected through perhaps the church's most storied practice, the papal conclave, a centuries-old tradition laden with ritual, secrecy, intrigue and global ramifications.

The funeral of Pope Francis will be simpler than those of previous popes, following instructions he set out himself. But as a head of state and leader of more than a billion Catholics worldwide ...

So how did a nearly forgotten pagan fire ritual become one of Scotland’s most iconic annual events? Costumed performers prepare for the Beltane Fire Festival in Edinburgh. The annual event ...

YEAH, AND ONE IS IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF BABCOCK STREET AND MALABAR ROAD. THAT FIRE IS 100% CONTAINED. ANOTHER IS NEAR THE RAILROAD TRACKS. THAT’S BEHIND ONYX DRIVE, VERY CLOSE TO SOME HOMES NOW.

Timothy M. Dolan is one of 10 cardinals from the United States who will have a vote in the ritual that will determine the next pope. By Elizabeth Dias Photographs by Victor J. Blue Elizabeth Dias ...

A teenager is dead after a devastating fire in Butler County. The fire broke out Tuesday night on Booth Road, just off US 27 in Oxford, not too far from Talawanda High School. One person died in ...

Families from across regions and communities came together in unity through the sacred fire ritual, establishing a powerful symbol of collective harmony and spiritual resurgence.