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A Vatican conference on protecting the vulnerable opened this week with a direct appeal from Pope Leo XIV, who urged ...

Sumo's origins are linked to rituals for Japan's indigenous religion of Shinto, which is largely rooted in animism and the ...

A culture that continuously excludes and dismisses people on the basis of their Christianity can be guilty of what Pope Francis called “polite persecution” ...

BALM is the alliance the jihadists fear most: Black African Christians, African Zionists, and the State of Israel—locked in ...

Welfare committee head pushes for better care for Oct. 7 victims, troops and more - but needs support of Haredi parties whose ...

In Dakar, the capital of a country where 97 percent of the population identifies as Muslim, I found a palpable connection ...

As Donald Trump's aid cuts leave African health programmes scrambling, The Independent pieces together events at a number of ...

Religious ZANU-PF affiliate Masowe for Economic Development (Masowe4ED) has joined the nation in mourning the passing of ...

For the Psalms of David were not written only by David. They include the voices of Levites, Temple singers, the descendants of Korach, families of visionaries — yet all shared one thing: they were ...

Leo will commemorate the 1,700th anniversary with Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians.