Researchers who sniffed mummified remains in the name of science were greeted more with a blessing than a curse.

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Putting up a mezuzah in one’s doorway is a timeless and meaningful means of asserting proud Jewish identity. When it was ...

After the tragic plane crash in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night, a local priest made his way to the scene “to be present” with the grieving families. Father Frederick Edlefsen ...

A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias. But at the festival, where ...

AP A United States-based watchdog on Wednesday launched an online database on more than 80 Roman Catholic priests who have been accused of sexually abusing minors in the Philippines and said the ...

Priests in Philippines Accused of Sex Abuse Remain in Active Ministry, US-Based Group Says By Mikhail Flores MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine priests accused of sex abuse remain in active ministry in ...

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Dora Chichah, wife of a suspended Catholic priest from the Diocese of Warri, Delta State, Rev Fr. Daniel Okanatotor Oghenerukevwe, has recounted how she met her husband. PUNCH Online reports the ...