STORY: Known as the 'Jumat-ul-Vida', this day marks the last Friday prayer of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. "The whole country is celebrating Jumat-ul-Vida grandly by offering prayers at mosques ...

Hundreds of churches bless the world’s largest democracy as India celebrates 75 years of independence amid its many growing pains. After 75 years of independence, Christians in India are proud to be ...

Ahead of national polls, the Indian Catholic hierarchy seems unable to make up its mind, or at least chose not to express it, lest they vitiate an already dangerous situation for the Christian ...

Dec 3 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Friday afternoons are a time for communal prayer for Muslims in the northern Indian city of Gurugram, who over the years had negotiated with local authorities to ...

Maka Black Elk, far right, director of Boarding School Truth and Healing for St. Francis Mission in Pine Ridge, S.D., describes his work to participants in front of Gichitwaa Kateri Church in ...

The Catholic Church in India has called for observing March 22 as a “day of prayer and fasting for peace and harmony in the country.” “There is an unprecedented religious polarization which is harming ...

An Indian member of parliament is facing criticism for “purifying” a historical spot with dung and urine from a cow after Muslim women offered prayers there. The lawmaker was seen “cleaning” the spot ...

A lay minister who works at a nearby Indian reservation led the procession into the sanctuary, waving a large bird feather with one hand while carrying a basket in the other, to the accompaniment of ...

An Indian member of parliament is facing criticism for “purifying” a historical spot with dung and urine from a cow after Muslim women offered prayers there. Medha Kulkarni, from prime minister ...