A childbirth ritual has a femminiello theatrically give birth to a doll amid music and song, symbolizing fertility and regeneration. Femminielli also lead a Catholic rosary prayer, placing their ...

Government intervention has prevented some Hindu activists from holding a ritual honoring Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of learning, inside a Catholic-run school in Tripura state in India’s north-east ...

MERCOGLIANO, Italy (RNS) — The pews of the Church of the Annunziata in Mercogliano, a town just outside of Naples, were filled with guests wearing lacquered nails, towering wigs and heavy eyelashes.