Sacred animals
While animals are, in general, considered divine in India, the holiest one is the cow. This is in keeping with the tradition of assigning divinity to animals, which…
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Hanukkah message of light in darkness feels uniquely relevant to US Jews amid war,…
By GIOVANNA DELL'ORTO - Associated Press
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Preparing for Hanukkah — Judaism’s celebration of finding light in the…
From Pogba to potions: The secret world of witch doctors in France
"There's a lot of jealousy in football," said Sheikh Issa, holding up a piece of bark and a bottle of a yellowish potion.
Which…
Nonreligious struggle to find their voice and place in Indian society and politics
By DEEPA BHARATH - Associated Press
CHENNAI, India (AP) — Despite India’s millennia-old history of nonreligious movements, most atheists and…
With humanitarian aid blocked at Egyptian border, Gaza draws closer to total collapse
By NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMYA KULLAB and JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Truckloads of aid idled at Egypt’s border with Gaza…
Israel will let Egypt deliver some aid to Gaza, as doctors struggle to treat hospital…
By NAJIB JOBAIN, ISABEL DEBRE and RAVI NESSMAN - Associated Press
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel said Wednesday that it will allow Egypt…
Nearly 80% of Italians say they are Catholic. But few regularly go to church
By GIOVANNA DELL'ORTO - Associated Press
ISOLA DEL GRAN SASSO, Italy (AP) — Two children scribbled petitions to St. Gabriele dell’Addolorata in…
In secular Japan, what draws so many to temples and shrines? Stamp collecting and…
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press
TOKYO (AP) — Almost weekly Momo Nomura makes time to visit Shinto shrines. She performs the prescribed…
France’s public schools will enforce dress code banning Islamic abayas, says…
French students won’t get past the door if they show up for school wearing long robes, President Emmanuel Macron made clear Friday, saying authorities would be "intractable" in…
BTS’ RM clarifies days after people asked him to apologise for insulting a…
BTS leader RM has clarified and explained at length days after a section of social media users asked him to apologise for insulting a religion. Taking to Weverse on Wednesday, RM aka Kim…