No fewer than 28 church leaders from 25 churches make up the White River Ministers Fraternal, the body which organises the annual communal prayer.

When I replied that Japanese people are not particularly devoted to the Shinto religion, I received a follow-up question: “Then why do Japanese people put their hands together in prayer at ...

A director of worship who worked at two Ohio Catholic churches was arrested during Mass and charged with sexually abusing a minor, according to officials. Andres Andino, 59, had outstanding ...

Shirakawago, together with neighboring Gokayama in ... Gassho-zukuri means construction resembling hands joined in prayer, as these farmhouse’s steeply slanted thatched roofs bear an uncanny ...