The holy relic of the Buddha from Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh were taken for exposition to Vietnam by the Ministry of Culture of the Government of India and the International Buddhist Confederation (IBC), ...

Truong, a lifelong Catholic, had hoped one day to spend Easter in Vatican City. That hope was fulfilled this spring, when he ...

Our writer stops by the Pangboche Monastery, a 600-year-old Sherpa religious center where Mount Everest climbers receive a blessing before ... Pema Nurbu started the prayer, he glanced over ...

In conclusion, Pope Leo XIV invited all Christians to be enlightened by the Holy Spirit, so that we might build a Church ...

During my runs I duck under colorful prayer flags that are strung on mountain ... The afternoon that I run-hike to Dodedrak Buddhist Monastery—an architectural marvel built on a mountainside ...

Leo XIV was officially inaugurated as the pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church on Saturday. Greeting over 100,000 pilgrims, leaders from around the world, and representatives of Christian ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pontiff, began his papacy with a richly-symbolic inaugural Mass, celebrated at the Vatican ...

First American pope welcomed with cheers, flags and tight security at St Peter’s Square ahead of formal installation ceremony ...

He turned his hand to look at the ring and seal and then clasped his hands in front of him in prayer. Security was tight as civil ... Other representatives headed Buddhist, Muslim, Zoroastrian, Hindu, ...