Despite a US waiver allowing the resumption of humanitarian help, life-saving services have shut. The Rwandan-backed rebels' ...

At U.S. presidential inaugurations, prayers often reflect national identity as much as faith. From New York Cardinal Timothy ...

Thousands of devotees jostle behind bamboo fences to get a glimpse of the grand procession of the naked, ash-smeared and ...

His dreadlocked hair is flicked backwards, sending a stream of water in a clockwise swirl. Others surround him, with some ...

Millions of missionaries work in schools, hospitals and other institutions. Their success is deepening divisions.

chanting Hindu prayers. She explained why the words “Mahakal” — a fierce manifestation of Hindu god Shiva — were pasted on her forehead. “Because he is the god of the three worlds ...

The pilgrims come and go as strangers. They march like a sea of people, walking toward the spot where they take holy baths, ...