Cultural performances mark the occasion, while messages from global leaders are read out during the ceremony. The Dalai Lama, spiritual…
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Hindus have embarked on a monthlong pilgrimage in Muslim-majority Indian-administered Kashmir, with many of the faithful on Thursday starting from…
Read More »A Muslim pilgrim reads a copy of the Quran at the Grand Mosque during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca,…
Read More »Hajj, one of the Five Pillars of Islam, is a religious obligation involving rituals and acts of worship that every…
Read More »Officials say more than one million Muslim pilgrims from around the world have already arrived in the country. Saudi Arabia…
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Read More »Vatican City – It felt like the square could talk in one voice: “Leone! Leone! Leone!” Thousands of people in…
Read More »The white smoke has billowed, and the Catholic church has a new pope – and he’s American. Cardinals at the…
Read More »The announcement that US Cardinal Robert Prevost has been named Pope Leo XIV has caused excitement tinged with hope around…
Read More »A conclave meets in Rome to pick the successor to Pope Francis. Cardinals of the Catholic Church are gathering in…
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