For the past 30 years, the Mystical Arts of Tibet tours by the monks of Drepung Loseling Monastery have crossed the glove to offer authentic, sacred Tibetan arts to enchanted audiences in major cities ...

William Lobdell is the religion reporter-editor for The Times' Orange County edition. His column runs Saturday. His e-mail address is [email protected] A promising truce in the bitter ...

Towards the end of the Orthodox liturgy this morning, I began to lose myself in the prayers and the chants and the incense. By “lose myself,” I mean the borders between myself and the ritual and the ...

Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) Hundreds of sweating Sufis chant and sway as the lead sheik moves into the middle of a circle of worshippers and bursts into a chant louder than anyone else’s ...