It's a meditative tradition more common in South Asian countries, and it's resonating now in the U.S., seemingly as a welcome ...

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A massive crowd of mostly barefoot Filipino Catholics is joining an annual procession of a centuries-old statue of Jesus ...

Terrorist activity across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East in 2025 underscored the persistence and geographic expansion of ...

Christianity reached Asia early and even gained ground in China and Japan, but it never became dominant because it faced powerful rival religions like Buddhism, Hinduism, and especially Islam. Unlike ...

Peace requires everyone to be in the circle, wholeness, inclusion,” writes Isabel Allende, encapsulating a fundamental prerequisite for any form of ...

Islamic State remains the deadliest terrorist movement in the world, notes Sydney-based think tank Lowy Institute, because ...

Rising repayment pressures are narrowing fiscal space and testing the sustainability of the region’s development model.

Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – The Korean government has signed a framework agreement with religious leaders to promote a culture of respect for life and prevent suicide, a phenomenon that continues to ...

Throughout history, religious beliefs and faith-based movements have played a crucial role in resisting authoritarianism, advocating for human rights, and inspiring social change. This event will ...

According to the latest data from the Pew Research Center, Buddhism is the only religion to have fewer believers in 2020 than in 2010, a drop of 18.6 million, largely due to a low birth rate in ...