Under the direction of Portuguese missionaries, large quantities of ivory sourced from their East African colonies came to be used to carve ecclesiastical statuettes by indigenous artisans.

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Festival of Lights, begins this year on Christmas Day, only the fourth time that’s happened since 1900. For some rabbis, the ...

In Mexico, Guatemala and other parts of Latin America, Las Posadas are nightly celebrations in the nine days leading up to Christmas Day.

Photo courtesy of NBC News “Israel today is dynamiting the edifice of the global norms built after 1945.” Pankaj Mishra (The ...

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The manuscript was printed on maguey paper, a type made from pounded agave plants that is so rare that only 10 sheets were ...

This year, the Republic of Indonesia and Bosnia and Herzegovina’s bilateral relations have entered their 30th year since they ...

The worship of the Christ Child was closely tied to the veneration of Mary as the Mother of God. This devotion was fuelled by ...

Five were killed and more than 200 were injured, many seriously, when a Saudi doctor intentionally drove a black BMW into the market, the state governor said.