29, 2024, at St. Francis Retreat House’s annual Blessing of the Animals in Bethlehem Township. The retreat house, a seven-decades-old spiritual oasis for thousands of Roman Catholics in the ...

Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice, the second of the two main festivals in Islam alongside Eid al-Fitr. Eid al-Adha is a major Islamic holiday that commemorates Prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to ...

36. May you find strength in stillness and healing in faith. 37. Holding you in prayer on this holy Good Friday. 38. Take time to pause, breathe, and reconnect with grace. 39. May the beauty of ...

Thousands gathered in the capital city of Damascus for the first Friday prayer since Assad's fall. More AAREF WATAD/AFP via Getty Images/Getty Images Assad's government collapsed last weekend ...

After the prayer, people took selfies in the mosque with their families and hugged each other. A child holds the new Syrian flag at the Umayyad Mosque on Friday. Some came for the first time.