Houston’s Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral, one of the largest Greek Orthodox communities in the nation, expects to cover each of its walls with colorful Byzantine iconography by the year 2027, ...

The first mass at St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Greek-Catholic church with the Cross of Gratitude present took place Tuesday afternoon. About a dozen worshippers came for the service. The ...

A large crowd of faithful gathered Sunday night for the solemn Consecration Mass of the new St Peter’s Church in Padungan, ...

It was in the dusty streets and modest homes of this remote Alaska Native village that Olga Michael quietly lived her entire ...

Bono, rock’s high priest of self-satisfaction, recently appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience to do what Bono does best: talk. About himself. About the time he met Johnny Cash. About God. About ...

The incense made from dried branches and leaves of black juniper and wild wormwood is threatened by overharvesting ... but they take with them their reverence for sang and their religious beliefs.

Incense has been around since ancient times and was used in religious rituals in ancient Egypt, Babylon, and Greece. Over the centuries and into the present day, people throughout the world have ...

Lighting sang, a traditional incense made from juniper and other local plants, is a sacred daily ritual among Buddhist communities in Nepal’s Trans-Himalayan regions like Manang, symbolizing ...

For nearly 800 years the Catholic Church has utilised the process of the conclave to elect a new pope. ... Catholic incense. Catholics utilise smoke in many rituals in the form of incense.

Spiritual and religious practices vary around the world. Some activities, such as prayer, are widespread across many societies. Other practices, such as fasting and lighting incense or candles, are ...

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VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis, who famously refused to judge gay or divorced Catholics, believed the Church "is a home for all", Italian Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re said in his ...