Belief in an afterlife, God and spirits in nature is widespread globally. Older adults are more likely than younger adults to ...

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

Dennis Bishop, 99, recalls vividly the moment he heard that the war was over and that peace was possible. 80 years on, he ...

Hans Zimmer ★★★Rod Laver Arena, April 29“I haven’t done anything yet,” Hans Zimmer grins when he walks out on stage in ...

Once a ceremonial staple, it’s now the clean-girl beverage of choice, glowing up on Instagram and popping up on every stylish ...

Indonesian photographer Joshua Irwandi captured one of the most chilling and poignant images of Covid-19's toll.

Pope Francis’ coffin has arrived at St Peter’s Basilica, where he will lie in state before his funeral on Saturday.

The museum’s construction has been such a fiasco — mired by funding lapses, logistical hurdles, a pandemic, nearby wars, revolutions — that it begs comparison to that of the pyramids that lie just ...

Pope Francis didn’t affirm same-sex marriage or lobby for ordaining women as priests. But he gently steered the Catholic Church in a more progressive direction while leading with compassion, openness ...

It is a procedure steeped in tradition, but one which has been subtly updated for the modern world. Cardinals – senior church ...

The owner, American expat Bill LeVasseur, curates an extensive collection of approximately 500 ceremonial masks that all together ... Entry is 100 pesos (around $5) for adults (free for children ...