The Vatican’s comprehensive and nuanced approach reflects the region’s complex realities.

The custos serves as a unique provincial minister within the Franciscan order, leading a community of friars while also being ...

Public schools are closed through Thursday. This includes the city's charter schools and the district-run Leah Chase School.

PRAYAGRAJ, India (Reuters) -Millions of devout Hindus thronged the northern Indian city of Prayagraj on Thursday for the Maha ...

Global bodies should stop excluding Taiwan for political reasons, President William Lai (賴清德) told Pope Francis in a letter, ...

While authorities said there was just one stampede on Wednesday, witnesses said there had also been a second pre-dawn incident in another part of the festival area ... took a holy dip by 10 ...

If you only have time for one cultural site, the Chapel of the Holy Cross should be it ... 0.1-mile path up to the observation area at the chapel. While many recent visitors rave about the ...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday (January 27, 2025) visited the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh and took a holy dip at the Triveni Sangam in Lucknow. Clad in saffron attire and ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela, a Hindu festival in India that is drawing hundreds of millions of pilgrims, is a powerful marketing tool for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his allies.

Prayagraj bursting at the seams ahead of Mauni Amavasya; around 4 crore pilgrims jostling for space in tent city as admin ...

The Hebrew Bible, which Christians call the Old Testament, offers instructions about celebrating a Jubilee every 50 years.