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Religious leaders urge change to solve Cuba’s 2025 challenges

Santería practitioners in Cuba, the country's most practiced faith rooted in African traditions, warn of a troubled future unless changes are made, citing growing violence and economic crises.

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Afro-Brazilians pay tribute to their sea goddess to mark the New Year

Afro-Brazilians paid tribute to their sea goddess Yemanja in a New Year celebration on Rio's famous Copacabana beach.

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Syria’s last Jews can return to one of the world’s oldest synagogues

After 13 years of civil war, Syria’s dwindling Jewish community can return to the Jobar Synagogue in Damascus, one of the world’s oldest, where they once gathered for prayers before the conflict left it partially destroyed.

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Frankincense: The intriguing story behind the Christmas scent

Once more valuable than gold, frankincense is indelibly linked to Oman.

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This year, Hanukkah and Christmas are celebrated on the same day.

The celebrations of Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights, have begun with a series of high-profile ceremonies around the world.

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Denzel Washington gets baptized and receives minister’s license

Days before his 70th birthday and following comments about how talk of religion in Hollywood is "not fashionable", the celebrated actor has been baptized and presented with a minister's license.

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Jubilee 2025: Rome expects over 30 million pilgrims during Holy Year

To the faithful who go on pilgrimage to Rome, the Pope grants a special 'indulgence' or remission of their sins.

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Hanukkah begins on Christmas Day in rare calendar convergence

This year, Hanukkah and Christmas will share a special connection as the Jewish Festival of Lights begins on 25 December, marking only the fifth time since 1900 that the two holidays have overlapped.

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Oscar winning composer AR Rahman honoured by UK arts conservatory

The legendary Indian composer A R Rahman, also known as ARR, talks to Euronews Culture about the differences between Western and Eastern music, spirituality and education.

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37,000-year-old religious figure of tortoise discovered in Israel

One of the oldest religious symbols from the Levant area has been discovered by researchers in Israel.

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‘AI Jesus’ takes confessions at Swiss church: Do you have faith?

In Switzerland, a two-month experiment explored the intersection of technology and religion through an AI-powered "Jesus" avatar held in a Catholic chapel’s confessional.

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Priest who allowed Sabrina Carpenter video shoot stripped of duties

"Please, please, please / Don't bring me to tears when I just... get investigated for mismanagement." Monsignor Jamie Gigantiello has been relieved of his duties, following an investigation that was launched when he authorized pop star Sabrina Carpenter to film a music video inside his church.

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Delhi races to clean up toxic foam from sacred river before festival

The city's companies have been dumping pollutants into the Yamuna.

USA

Thousands mourn Turkish preacher and Erdoğan rival Fethullah Gülen

Gülen, who was accused by Turkey’s president of orchestrating a coup in 2016, died on Sunday at a Pennsylvania hospital.

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Take a look at Europe's largest 'Day of the Dead' altar

Each year, thousands gather at the Casa de México in Madrid to experience the largest Day of the Dead altar in Europe, designed this year by Oscar-winning production designer Eugenio Caballero.

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Saint Parascheva, Romania's largest pilgrimage

Thousands of faithful came from all over the country to take part in the annual religious pilgrimage of Saint Parascheva in Iaşi.

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Thousands of flowers adorn Romanian city of Iași for religious holiday

The feast of St Paraskeva is one of the most significant religious events in Romania, drawing thousands of pilgrims from throughout the country.

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How long can Russia's pacifist Christian sect survive for in Georgia?

Today, only about 100 Doukhobors remain in the tight-knit Russian-speaking farming community in two remote mountainous villages in southern Georgia.

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Motorcyclists gather in their thousands at Fatima shrine for blessing

The blessing of the helmets has become one of the great events and one of the great pilgrimages to Fatima's shrine in recent years. This year’s was the largest ever.

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Albania announces plan to create a Vatican City-like microstate

If all goes to plan, the so-called "Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order" will become the world's smallest state, just a quarter of the size of Vatican City.