Virginia Coda Nunziante says the October gathering will unite doctrine and devotion, reaffirming the Blessed Virgin’s ...

There is no doubt that the feast of Our Lady of Peñafrancia is Bicol’s runaway religious celebration. It is just as grand and equally moving as the celebration of the Black Nazarene in Quiapo, as it ...

No-fault divorce has reshaped American family life. Before 1970, divorce usually required demonstrating serious fault—adultery, desertion, cruelty. Starting in the 1970s, states adopted no-fault laws ...

“The liturgy is about communion with Christ through your being part of the body of believers. It’s not about your ‘self-expression.’” In a Faith & Reason essay published online on May 8, Stephen ...

It’s mid-December, a cloudy, humid day in Jacksonville, Florida, and I’m in the corner of a second-grade classroom watching a teacher and 17 students power through a phonics lesson. The day before, ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Tucker Carlson, the former Fox News host turned popular right-wing podcaster, recently announced he is teaming up with Skyhorse Publishing to release books by a familiar cast of provocateurs. Among ...

When Mojtaba Khamenei was named Iran's third supreme leader on 9 March, he inherited not only his father's title but a theological system built on the rejection of Western materialism. The Islamic ...

Across Chicago and its suburbs this month, Ramadan raises a familiar question that we don’t often stop to examine: What is the point of a spiritual practice if it doesn’t change how we live together ...

It’s a new year, but the debates are old. In January 2024, Nationalist Congress Party leader Jitendra Awhad had declared in Maharashtra’s Shirdi that Lord Ram must have eaten meat during his 14-year ...

Once upon a quieter, humbler time—Guru Nanak Jayanti was about devotion. People rose before dawn, bathed in cold water, that could awaken the dead, and sang Asa di Vaar — the day was one of reflection ...