People sometimes look at the ambitious size and scope of churches, even in small towns and villages, and wonder why their communities went to such lengths. One of the reasons was that centuries ...

Pope Leo I tangled with Attila the Hun and won. Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as the first Holy Roman Emperor. This is the ...

The Andor Season 2 finale mentions somewhere called Kafrene, a place that holds enormous significance not just in Rogue One, but in all of Star Wars. Andor is officially over, with its finale ...

Bada Mangalwar is a sacred series of Tuesdays in the Jyeshtha month when devotees worship Lord Hanuman with special rituals, prayers, and community feasts, especially in Uttar Pradesh. It is ...

As I write this on Mother’s Day, it feels appropriate to reflect that God may also be a “she.” In modern Jewish thought, the feminine aspect of God is called the Shekhinah — a term that ...

Buddhists in Southeast Asia are marking one of the holiest days in their calendar; the day on which the Lord Buddha was born. It is also the day he gained enlightenment and died. In Myanmar, many ...

Background Studies ... important Latin American databases, such as LILACS (Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde) and SciELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online). The Boolean ...