Wondering about the spiritual meaning of the praying mantis is understandable, because even its name seems to carry symbolism ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV vowed Sunday to work for unity in a polarized Catholic Church and world, as history’s first American pope offered a message of healing during an inaugural Mass in St. Peter ...

On a bright November day in Central Park, nine Buddhist nuns and monks with their poofy winter ... wishing the birds well and praying that they find enlightenment in future lives. “Okay, let’s hope it ...

But the protesters, including monks clad in saffron with loudspeakers and banners in their hands ... Buddhist devotees, from other countries as well, and never disallowed them from praying ...

Moninder Singh has spent the past week serving food and beverages at a Gurdwara — a Sikh temple — in Covina, California, to hungry victims displaced by Los Angeles County’s devastating ...

But besides these hand praying-machines ... instrument of devotion in the temples and villages of Thibet. The Buddhist Praying-wheel: a Collection of Material bearing upon the Symbolism of ...

Kim Kyeong-Ho is an expert in sagyeong, the reproduction by hand of Buddhist sutras. Master Kim sits at a drafting table — bright lights shining down on him — and dozens of people watching him.

GANGNEUNG, Gangwon province - At a secluded temple tucked away on a snow-covered mountain, a Buddhist monk stood before a wooden altar, praying for a departed soul. On the altar, next to a spirit ...

(RNS) — President Joe Biden vowed to keep working and praying for resolutions to global ... of fasting and prayer — Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Jainism, Hinduism, Judaism, Taoism ...