Mosques in NYC struggle to house and feed an influx of Muslim migrants this...
Above a bodega in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood, a mosque congregation hosts iftar, the traditional Islamic end of fast meal, for hundreds of hungry migrants every night during this holy month...
Pope overcomes health concerns to preside over Easter Mass and appeal for peace in...
Pope Francis rallied from a winter-long bout of respiratory problems to lead some 60,000 people in Easter celebrations Sunday, making a strong appeal for a cease-fire in Gaza and a prisoner swap...
The Pope will preside over the Vigil of Holy Saturday after renouncing the Stations...
The Vatican confirmed the presence of the pope at the Holy Saturday Vigil mass, which will be celebrated at 7:30 p.m. (6:30 p.m. GMT) in St. Peter's Basilica, after he last resigned...
Young and old participate in Holy Week religious processions on Italy’s Procida island
Italy is known for the religious processions that take over towns big and small throughout the year when Catholic feast days are celebrated. But even in a country where public displays of...
A Filipino villager is nailed to a cross for the 35th time on Good...
A Filipino villager has been nailed to a wooden cross for the 35th time to reenact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a brutal Good Friday tradition he said he would devote to pray for peace...
What is Palm Sunday? Why is the donkey important to the story? And how...
Palm Sunday commemorates the Christian belief in the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, when he was greeted by cheering crowds waving palm branches that they set out on the ground along...
International Day to Combat Islamophobia
International Day to Combat Islamophobia. The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Pakistan, while condemning all shapes of extremism, religious violence and Islamophobia, emphasizes the need to take coordinated measures...
Pope acknowledges criticism, health issues but says in upcoming memoir he has no plans...
Pope Francis says he has no plans to resign and isn’t suffering from any health problems that would require doing so, saying in a new memoir he still has “many projects to bring to fruition.”
Mexico’s presidential candidates sign commitment for peace with church leaders concerned by violence
Mexico’s presidential candidates on Monday signed a commitment for peace with Catholic Church leaders that proposes strategies to reduce the violence in the country.
During the meeting led by...
What is Ramadan and how do Muslims observe the Islamic holy month?
CAIRO — Observant Muslims the world over will soon be united in a ritual of daily fasting from dawn to sunset as the Islamic holy month of Ramadan starts. For Muslims, it’s...