The doors of Santa Marta remain closed to the Dalai Lama. "Yet we would expect that after so long they would open for him too." In these nearly twelve years of pontificate, Bergoglio has ...

During the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, the U.S. resettled 100,034 refugees, the highest number in 30 years. The most ...

Dr Upul Wijayawardhana How would the Buddha have looked like in real life?” This question was posed by Prof. Asanga Thilakaratna, the Chief Editor of the Encyclopaedia of Buddhism, during one of the ...

Fire broke out inside the building on Anthony Avenue in the Tremont section just after 6 a.m. Wednesday. From my seat at ...

Now the FDNY has figured out what caused the deadly fire in the Bronx that destroyed a Buddhist temple Wednesday morning.

When we watch a Bharatanatyam performance today, do we ever question its relevance? Generations of dancers have enacted ...

Moving, tragic, surprising, inspiring, terrifying, shocking... This is a selection of images from our planet, over the past week.