The Vatican on Thursday opened the most solemn period of Holy Week with a recovering Pope Francis largely on the sidelines, as cardinals were designated to take his place presiding over the most ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Supreme Court on Thursday lifted a ban on Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban, a group that was designated as ...

Tens of thousands of people have gathered at the holiest Jewish prayer site in Jerusalem for the traditional priestly ...

The 32-year-old set a Connecticut home on fire to escape the place where he allegedly endured more than 20 years of captivity ...

Residents are being encouraged to “pause, reflect, and come together in collective prayer” as part of East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sid Edwards’ new “Pray for the Parish” initiative.

Dominican Sr. Carol Gilbert joined Catholics and members of various faiths for a Holy Week vigil April 14 in the park in ...

Cody Balmer, 38, turned himself in at Pennsylvania State Police headquarters after intentionally starting a fire at the ...

It is here, amid the quiet conversations of strangers, that we open our copies of Dalā‘il al-Khayrāt, a Muslim prayer book, ...

Witnesses told investigators that the incident began when the woman and a man were involved in a disturbance near an ...

Tributes have poured in for a 25-year-old woman who died and whose sister and cousin were seriously injured after they were ...

(KFSN) -- Narciso Gallardo Fernandez, the man who is accused of killing a Walgreens ... Our thoughts are prayers are with their loved ones during this difficult time." ...

The Western Wall Heritage Foundation removed tens of thousands of prayer notes from Judaism’s second-holiest site on Wednesday in preparation for the Passover holiday, which starts on April 12.