The Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday shines a spotlight on Beijing’s long-held antipathy towards organised religion – and how ...

Sitting before a packed audience that included hundreds of red-robed monks and nuns who braved incessant rain to see him, he ...

For much of the past century, the Dalai Lama has been the living embodiment of Tibet’s struggle for greater freedoms under ...

How have our shared visions of American ideals influenced the meaning of patriotism? How has this definition evolved over ...

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Yoga Day event in the Maldives saw a minister attend for the first time, marking a political shift after the 2022 anti-yoga ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi planted a 'sindoor' sapling, presented to him by a group of women who had shown remarkable courage during the 1971 war, at his residence on World Environment Day on ...

On Tuesday, President Museveni used the solemn occasion of the 140th Uganda Martyrs’ Day commemoration to deliver a commanding admonition against mixing religion with politics, emphasizing ...

Indeed, to this day, we still use many of the symbols inherited from the past. Be it in religion, political ideology, or art, we still come across many of these symbols in our day to day, often ...

Pope Leo vows to resist 'temptation to be an autocrat' and condemns 'religious propaganda' at inauguration The pontiff, 69, greeted leaders from around the world, including Ukraine's President ...

Spiritual and religious practices vary around the world. Some activities, such as prayer, are widespread across many societies. Other practices, such as fasting and lighting incense or candles, are ...