Cardinals have commenced the secretive conclave in the Vatican City to elect Pope Francis's successor, marked by solemn rituals and a geographically diverse electorate. The cardinals, hailing from ...

VATICAN CITY — Red-robed cardinals assembled in the Vatican on Wednesday to pray, shortly before being locked in to elect a new pope to lead the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics. A total of 133 ...

Rituals Performed During the Festival The six-day celebration is a beautiful blend of devotion, tradition, and vibrant rituals. The event begins with Vighneswara Puja, a prayer to Lord Ganesha to ...

Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday, signalling that no pope had been elected as 133 cardinals opened the secretive, centuries-old ritual to choose a new leader of ...

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The three-judge bench of justices AS Oka, Ahsanuddin Amanullah and AG Masih on Tuesday set aside the HC order, concluding that the CPI(M) leader was a member of the Hindu Parayan caste. A person ...

How this assembly proceeds to choose the next pope is a process that dates back hundreds of years — an intricate, choreographed series of rituals and votes. On the first day of the papal ...

For centuries, the head of the Roman Catholic Church has been chosen through what’s known as a papal conclave. The proceedings are cloaked in secrecy, making them the subject of speculation and ...

A century-old Banyan tree was partially cut down allegedly for links to some "un-Islamic" rituals in Alom Mirer Kandi village of Madaripur Sadar's Shirakara union on Monday. Wadia Shabab ...

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Evidence indicating psychoactive-centric rituals comes from deep inside the massive stone structures at Chavín de Huántar, a prehistoric ceremonial complex about 270 miles north of Lima.