It was designed by engineer Heitor da Silva Costa and sculpted by French artist Paul Landowski. The statue is 98 feet tall, ...

Baby Jesus may be the most famous holiday baby (he has that whole original-Christmas-nativity-scene thing going for him), but ...

Today marks Unduvap Poya, the final full moon of the year, celebrated in the month of December—a time that also commemorates ...

Having completed pindapatha (the alms round), Welimada Karuna Mehenin Wahanse wends her sedate way back to her aramaya off a by-road down Melder Place set amidst the hustle and bustle of Nugegoda ...

Jerome Fernando ‘has no official apostolic succession in the Catholic Church, not a Catholic bishop,’ says bishops' body ...

His kids don’t go to church, but they celebrate Christmas in their home, as well as Hanukkah, and Cargill has a Buddha statue next to a pyramid on a shelf in his UI ... Luke and John bring different ...

Led by spiritual seeker Homer Bradshaw, The Disciples of Truth had a brief, failed tryst with a religion they understood ...

The winter holiday season is here—a time for celebrations filled with family, cherished traditions and meaningful remembrance ...

Since 1999, Macao has been governed under the "one country, two systems" policy -- a unique arrangement that allows it to ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Carol Kruhen lifts up her pressed palms next to a statue of the Buddha after meditating at the New Jersey ...

Paul's, once among the largest Catholic churches in the Far East. From Mazu and Jesus to the Buddha, their disciples may live next door to each other, and their sacred worshipping spaces may be ...