President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump visit Arlington National Cemetery for the annual Flags In ceremony ahead of Memorial Day on May 23, 2019, in Arlington, Va. Andrew Harnik / AP On ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV is officially opening his pontificate in a ceremony Sunday that blends ancient ritual, evocative symbols and a nod to modern-day celebrity, all in front of the ...

We usually associate rituals with religious and royal occasions. In the last two decades, rituals and symbols have become increasingly linked to politics, with elections, conferences, informal ...

Observed annually between December 26 and Jan. 1, Kwanzaa draws from several African harvest festivals and blends elements of continental African culture, African American history and traditional ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV is officially opening his pontificate in a ceremony Sunday that blends ancient ritual, evocative symbols and a nod to modern-day celebrity, all in front of the ...

Vatican City | Pope Leo XIV officially opened his pontificate as history’s first American pope on Sunday, presiding over an inaugural Mass in Saint Peter’s Square before tens of thousands of people, ...