Beyond Paro and Thimpu, the other valleys of Bhutan are worth visiting for the lush greenery, stunning mountain views, and ...

There’s something electric about walking down a street where every stone beneath your feet has witnessed empires rise and fall. In a handful of places around the globe, the ancient past doesn’t hide ...

Losing a pet is a heart-wrenching experience, but it’s also a universal one. Across cultures and continents, people have ...

The Bell Church in Cagayan de Oro City, an understated landmark of the Filipino-Chinese community in Northern Mindanao, ...

In the childhood memories of many Taiwanese, religious worship is part of daily life. Whether it be praying to Wenchang Dijun ...

A host of Victorian properties connected to some of the state’s most notorious cults have been sold in a surprise sales rush for the homes of ex-sects.

The recent arrest of the prominent Beijing pastor Ezra Jin and several other “unregistered” church leaders reminds the world—if any reminder were needed—of China’s awful record of religious repression ...

The Biblical Book of Esther tells us to celebrate the defeat of Haman and his Jew hating followers: “…celebrate annually the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar as a time when Jews got ...

Traditions slip into daily life so easily that most people repeat them without pausing to ask how they started. A small ...

A Buddhist monk who was on a walk across the United States had his leg amputated after being hit by a truck in Texas.

The monks were walking through Dayton, Texas, last month when a traffic collision hospitalized two, including Bhante Dam ...