In antiquity, the Greeks and Romans largely had a negative image of the donkey. To these conquerors, the donkey paled in comparison to the horse, the noble and proud steed of warrior leaders ...

Americans usher in the new year with lifestyle resolutions galore, but many people across the globe — particularly those from predominantly Catholic countries — celebrate the calendar change with a ...

Americans usher in the new year with lifestyle resolutions galore, but many people across the globe — particularly those from predominantly Catholic countries — celebrate the calendar change ...

With the passing of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Day, the next season of celebration is Mardi Gras. Here is when, where and how the good times will roll for Mardi Gras in the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

It calls itself a town but sports a village hall; it has a Dalek outside a Georgian townhouse; its two pubs are slap-bang next door to each other; and its Co-operative store, tricked out in cream ...

This summer, a Polish art critic and historian laid down a challenge to a group of contemporary icon painters from Ukraine and Poland: depict "God's justice." Katarzyna Jakubowska-Krawczyk, head ...

The story of Christmas in the subcontinent traces back to Portuguese explorers who first landed in Fort Kochi, Kerala. The tradition gradually wove into the rich fabric of local life, creating a ...

I’ve slowly been gaining weight since my 20s, but a new scan reveals it’s putting me at risk of Alzheimer’s In a basement office in central London, I am poring over a scan showing an ...

PASCAL POCHARD-CASABIANCA/AFP/AFP Pope Francis travels to the French island of Corsica Sunday to visit the small Catholic community, just days after having skipped the reopening ceremony for Notre ...

BRAINTREE -- Continuing a decades-long tradition of mutual friendship between the two churches, Archbishop Richard Henning met with Metropolitan Methodios of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Boston at ...

Pope Francis travels to the French island of Corsica Sunday to visit the small Catholic community, just days after having skipped the reopening ceremony for Notre Dame cathedral. Francis will ...