This is the first shrine dedicated to this cause in Central Asia, in a country marked by a long history of oppression of Christians, especially during the Soviet era. The icon is displayed in the ...

Recordings of monks chanting prayers and 124 objects fill the new enclosed Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room at the Brooklyn Museum. The immersive installation has paintings, sculptures, silk decorations, ...

Deep in the forests of the Japanese Alps, Shinto priests watch as woodsmen, clad in ceremonial white, fell two ancient cypress trees. Their axes strike from three precise directions, timed with ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) — The first Catholic shrine in Colorado Springs opens its doors under a new name and leadership as of July 1, 2025. Two longstanding Catholic communities in Colorado ...

ISE, Japan (AP) — Ise Jingu is Japan’s most revered Shinto shrine, which every 20 years is completely knocked down and rebuilt in an expensive, time-consuming process that has endured for the last ...

ISE, Japan (AP) — Deep in the forests of the Japanese Alps, Shinto priests keep watch as woodsmen dressed in ceremonial white chop their axes into two ancient cypress trees, timing their swings so ...