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An excerpt from ‘The Bitter Fruit Tree and Other Stories’, by Prakash Parienkar, translated from the Konkani by Vidya Pai.

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If Kenya is to reclaim her soul, we must recover our sense of the sacred. Not just in sanctuaries, but in boardrooms. Not ...

The crucifixion of Christ is one of the most famous stories in the Bible but author Julian Doyle has questioned much of what ...

Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration Mass at St. Peter’s Square to feature ancient rituals and new changes, marking the start of his pontificate.

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From the location of the “place of skulls” to ancient Jewish burial rites, here’s what archaeologists do—and don’t—know about the truth behind the Easter story.