The 20 million Christian, Hindu, and Muslim pilgrims who visit the “Mother of Healing” each year influence practices at the shrine. During processions and festivals, prayers are recited in ...
In the church, more than a problem of doctrine, it is an issue of confronting already existing practices ... known as the Roman Catholic clergy, seems on the verge, once again, of doing its ...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Pope Francis arrived in Indonesia on Tuesday at the start of the longest trip of his pontificate, hoping to encourage its Catholic community and celebrate the tradition ...
For hundreds of years, the territory of modern Ukraine was divided between various European powers—primarily the Russian and Habsburg empires—with all Orthodox Christians in the Russian Empire ...