Millions Bathe in Holy Rivers as India Hosts the World’s Largest Religious Festival
PRAYAGRAJ, India — Tens of thousands of naked Hindu ascetics and millions of pilgrims took dips in freezing water at the ...
National Catholic Register6d
More Than 500,000 People Pass Through St. Peter’s Holy Door After Christmas Opening
Holy See and Italian authorities are collaborating to welcome an estimated 30 million people expected to come to Rome ...
Cfr.org4d
Women This Week: First Woman Appointed to Top Position in the Holy See
This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers ...
ThePrint1d
“Very humbled, privileged, extraordinary experience”: Foreign devotees excited to take holy dip as Maha Kumbh begins
As the biggest spiritual gathering in the world began on the auspicious occasion of Paush Purnima on Monday, devotees from ...
Ash-smeared holy men lead India bathing spectacle
Ash-smeared naked Hindu holy men charged into India's most sacred river Ganges at dawn on the first most significant bathing ...
Millions start bathing in holy rivers at India's biggest Hindu festival
Millions of people have taken a holy bath at the Hindu festival of Kumbh Mela (also known as Mahakumbh) - described as ...
The Washington Post26d
Trump picks political ally, and papal critic, for ambassadorship to Holy See
President-elect Donald Trump announced on Friday his plan to nominate Brian Burch, president of CatholicVote and a papal critic, as the U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See. The diplomatic posting to ...
The Tablet6d
Holy Land bishops see ‘signs of hope’ in yearning for peace
Catholic bishops in the Holy Land prayed for “the ability to hope again” after “a prolonged time of trial and tribulation” in a message for the start of the ...
Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester7d
St. Peter’s Holy Doors see more than half million pilgrims in two weeks
More than half a million pilgrims have visited the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica in the first two weeks after Pope ...