PROCIDA, Italy (AP) — 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 ...
Catholics in the Philippines marked Good Friday with gory re-enactments of the suffering and crucifixion of Jesus Christ, amid warnings of intense heat reaching dangerous levels. Churches nationwide ...
Pakistan’s Punjab government proposed a ban on all social media platforms for six days, citing security concerns during thousands of religious processions starting next week from July 13-18, according ...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalis on Thursday marked the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday with a government-declared public holiday, reviving an old tradition of merriment once banned by extremist ...
The annual Palm Sunday procession in Delhi April 13 banned by the local police over “law and order and traffic concerns,” was met with fierce and swift criticism from Catholics and free speech ...
In the past few years, there has been a disturbing trend of right-wing groups using Hindu festivals to intimidate Muslims. Students of an art school hold Indian flags and placards appealing people to ...
PROCIDA, Italy (AP) — 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 ...