Religious Literacy

Some 6,000 druids, pagans and new age revelers gathered at Stonehenge to celebrate midsummer sunrise.

In 1904, Mark Twain submitted a short piece to his publisher in which a congregation prays for victory in a coming war.

A cornucopia of memorable Passover quotes compiled by Rebekah Lowin, editor at Hearst Magazines and the founder of the Jewish lifestyle site RebekahLowin.com

Scientology Volunteer Ministers of Mexico City were honored at a special Mass at the Iglesia Santa Maria de las Capuchinas to recognize them for their service.

Islam’s holiest month of Ramadan began April 13 under more relaxed restrictions compared to last year.

As the sun sets around the globe September 18, 2020, Jews everywhere celebrate Rosh Hashanah with an eye to preventing a surge in COVID-19.

Thousands of members of the Christian Chin community who escaped severe religious persecution are now finding themselves as refugees in the United States contending with a different kind of menace: COVID-19.

In India, one of the world’s most observant countries, temples are cautiously reopening in the wake of the pandemic.

Sikhs and Hindus around the world celebrated Baisakhi differently this year. The northern Indian spring harvest festival marks the advent of the new year for Sikhs and the solar new year for Hindus.

As the Islamic holy month of Ramadan begins April 23, Muslims are experiencing radical changes in the way it is observed.

Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Iran are among the major Muslim-majority nations in the Middle East to ban public religious gatherings during the holy month of Ramadan in an effort to counter the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

“Thick darkness has gathered over our squares, our streets and our cities,” said Pope Francis Friday in his Urbi et Orbi (To the City [Rome] and the World) address from St. Peter’s Square.

This year’s Passover celebration will be very different from the traditional large gatherings where the extended family celebrates together.

The Golden Rule as expressed in so many of the world’s religions can help reduce stress and lessen the impact of the pandemic on people’s daily lives.

Results of a survey conducted by the UK Office for National Statistics titled “Analysis of a range of health outcomes of people of different religious identities in England and Wales.“

As the world bids goodbye to this millennium’s second decade, what will the next 10 years hold? Religion News Service put that question to an intellectually and spiritually diverse range of scholars, leaders, activists and experts, asking them to reflect on the past decade and use it as a springboar

President George Washington proclaimed the first Thanksgiving in 1789 as a day to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God

For some 23 percent of the people of Earth, the holiest month of the year begins this week. The first day of Ramadan is observed according to the local visibility of the new crescent moon.

U.S. Sikhs launched a million-dollar “We are Sikhs” initiative on Vaisakhi Day April 14, the Sikh New Year, that celebrates the founding of the community by Guru Nanak in the Punjab region of India in 1469.