My interest in Japanese Catholicism was reignited recently by the Nagasaki Bell Project, a noble effort being led by ...

Some activities, such as prayer, are widespread. Others, such as fasting and lighting incense or candles, vary more by ...

A "yabusame," or horseback archery, ritual was held at a Shinto shrine in this ancient Japanese capital to pray for the ...

The controversial Tokyo shrine’s wide stone path, normally reserved for quiet prayers and camera-clicking tourists, ...

Bereaved families and others paid their respects to victims of one of the nation’s deadliest railway accidents that occurred ...

As the Pope lies in state at Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome, many honored the Pontiff Wednesday with prayers in Arlington. Bishop Michael Burbidge of the ...

What are the hallmarks of a resilient, balanced, long-term happiness? Traditional Japanese wisdom offers insights.

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The mass was rich with music, prayer, and heartfelt emotion, as the community united to celebrate the memory of a spiritual leader they still proudly call their own. Commemorations also took place ...

(AP Photo/Slamet Riyadi) A person lights a candle at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral following the announcement by the Vatican of the death of Pope Francis aged 88, in Liverpool, England, Monday, ...

Worshippers clad in black bowed their heads in prayer and lit votive candles to commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus. A building in the St. Porphyrios compound was hit soon after the war began in ...

In January, a close friend messaged me: did I know a church where they could go to light a candle to mark the anniversary of their ... Take the impossible-to-square contrast at the inaugural prayer ...