Tokyo: Drums thundered and priests chanted as sumo s newest grand champion strode onto the public stage Friday in a ceremony ...

Mongolian-born Hoshoryu became the 74th yokozuna in sumo history this week after winning the second tournament of his career.

Social activist Diddi Praveen Kumar, president of the Nenusaitham voluntary organization, was felicitated for his dedicated ...

A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias. But at the festival, where ...

Sunday, Feb. 2, is the feast of the Presentation of the Lord. Mass readings: Malachi 3:1-4; Psalm 24:7, 8, 9, 10; Hebrews ...

Zahi Hawass describes some of the private tombs of the Old Kingdom, built in the expectation of continuing needs in the afterlife ...

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In Genesis 14, Abram is blessed by the priest-king Melchizedek. Melchizedek offers a sacrifice of bread and wine and blesses Abram. It is interesting that the ancient rabbis and the early Church ...

Rev. Carlos Martins, a celebrity minister known for his exorcism podcast, allegedly asked a 13-year-old girl about her hair before making a 'flossing motion' with it in his mouth ...

Drums thundered and priests chanted as sumo’s newest grand champion strode onto the public stage on Friday in a ceremony to mark his promotion to the ancient Japanese sport’s highest rank.

There’s one feast in the Catholic Church’s calendar which is not very well known. That is the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple which is celebrated every Feb. 2.

Though the controversies surrounding Pattanam have put an end to excavation work at the archaeological village in Kerala, the ...