Lohri is celebrated by having a bonfire in the evening by collecting wood and cow dung cakes and circumambulating around it ...

In ancient Rome, hope was venerated as a minor goddess, Spes, but usually on a communal, national level. Politically, Spes ...

A South Korean special counsel team has alleged the religious group previously known as the Unification Church made illegal donations to former President Yoon Suk-yeol during the 2022 presidential ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ukraine's Foreign Ministry on April 10 again denounced the religious persecution carried out by Russia in the occupied Ukrainian ...

A report released Thursday shows increases in hateful acts motivated by race, ethnicity and religion, according to the Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission’s annual report tracking ...

This is the 15th in a series of annual reports by Pew Research Center analyzing the extent to which governments and societies around the world impinge on religious beliefs and practices. This analysis ...

In 2022, global median scores on both the Government Restrictions Index (GRI) and the Social Hostilities Index (SHI) were the same as they were in 2021. Some geographic regions scored higher on one or ...

Social media posts shared a Daily Mail headline, opens new tab from 2018 reporting on a proposal to prohibit faith-based "free schools", which get public funding but operate independently. However, ...

Paterson's Catholic diocese and five of its priests have sued the U.S. government, seeking to reverse a change in visa rules that they say could lead to the exodus of "countless" foreign-born ...

Former President Donald Trump’s running mate, JD Vance, said two-and-a-half years ago he was open to a national abortion ban, a stark contrast to comments he made this week where the Ohio senator said ...

Bellevue police are looking for a group of thieves breaking into and ransacking cars. Sharon Lake's drain valve closed as part of $15M project to revitalize area Great Parks is closing Sharon Lake's ...

Sales of religious books at companies that report results to the Association of American Publishers’ StatShot program rose 7.8% last year over 2022, hitting $819.7 million. All formats expect e-books ...