The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

The Sacred Thread ceremony is a ceremony for boys in some Hindu communities to confirm they are of an age to take on religious responsibility. Girls are sometimes honoured in the same way ...

These are more a matter of Punjabi culture than of specifically religious practice. Sikhism considers marriage to be a way for the individual to gain fulfilment, also as a way to serve God and the ...

Even the moment of the formal verification of the pope’s death takes place in the context of a prayer service “at home” in ...

Government officials in Lanao del Sur province welcomed the enactment of Republic Act 12160, officially known as the ...

Graduation is important for every student, but dozens of students in one metro district could be forced to choose between the rite of passage and their religion. For Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School ...

Just about every man remembers his first fight. It’s a common rite of passage. Mine was when I was 8 years old, on the school bus, with a classmate who was teasing my younger sister. I stepped ...