Hundreds of Muslims gathered at the Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar on Friday to mark Mehraj-ul-Alam, the Ascension of the Prophet. Devotees prayed as a priest displayed a holy relic, believed to be a ...

as he chants the prayer below; then affixes the five grains of incense. The Easter candle is lighted each day during Mass throughout the Paschal season until Ascension Thursday.

Muslims around the world observe the night with prayers, reciting the Quran, and offering additional acts of devotion such as Salat al-Tahajjud (night prayers). The day serves as a reminder of the ...

Lailat al Miraj honours the night when the Prophet Muhammad was transported from Mecca to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and went up into heaven, returning with God's instruction for followers to ...

This novena is a nine-day prayer, recalling the nine days that the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Apostles spent in prayer between Ascension Thursday and Pentecost Sunday. When Christ ascended into ...

Muslims around the world observe the night with prayers, reciting the Quran, and offering additional acts of devotion such as Salat al-Tahajjud (night prayers). The day serves as a reminder ...

Many faith and city leaders alike offered prayers and condolences ... O'Connell also repeated updates that had already been ...

American Airlines Flight 5342 and a U.S. Army Black Hawk collided in Washington, D.C. Authorities believe all 67 on board ...

The Eagles earned a Lombardi Trophy, and it came with a side of revenge. Here's how Philadelphia won Super Bowl 59 over the ...

At 17, though, I discovered that there was one place worse than my neighborhood: where I first met my mom. There was another ...

The deadly shooting is the latest to rock the Nashville community nearly two years after another school massacre sparked a debate for gun reform.

Wesley Hill’s small volume about Easter is a beautiful and useful invitation to be shocked anew by the central event of our faith.