Fr. Emil Kapaun, a military chaplain who served during two wars, was decreed "Venerable" by the Vatican's Dicastery for the ...

These masks, known for their distortion and asymmetry, are one of the oldest kinds of art in southwest Alaska.

The demand for beef is good for the cattle business, but ranchers still grapple with drought, development and environmental ...

From the 1200s to the 1700s, the custom of Christian tattooing was prevalent in Europe among peasants, seafarers, soldiers ...

Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, is the last day of a three-day festival (some believe longer) known as Carnival, characterized by ...

The reason behind the absent Holika Dahan bonfire, curiously, is Shiva — the god usually credited with accepting all that is ...

The legend says that the priest sent his jailer's daughter a letter ... first appeared in the 1500s, and by the late 1700s commercially printed cards sprung up. However, it wasn't until the ...

“It is important for the basilica to have this school, because it restores a tradition from the 1700s, putting it at ... “Which is why,” the priest added, “this alliance of hands, head ...

When her time comes, she said, she doesn’t want the priest conducting her funeral trying ... and by the early 1700s were known to rely on forced labor. All Catholic religious orders operating ...

In a quiet village on the western border of Uttar Pradesh, a centuries-old tradition has stood unshaken — Holika Dahan has never been performed here. The reason? The villagers believe that Lord Shiva ...