In 2018, about 2.4 million visitors came to see the shrine. Though there were about 130 Shinto priests and full-time workers at the shrine 30 years ago, the responsibility of keeping Nikko ...

In anticipation of a massive earthquake hitting the capital, the Tokyo bureau of the Association of Shinto Shrines has stepped up efforts to establish a relay system to distribute relief supplies from ...

A Shinto shrine in Japan's western prefecture of Fukuoka has held a traditional ritual of collecting seaweed from the ocean and offering it before an altar to pray for navigational safety and a large ...

A Catholic priest from Massachusetts died “tragically” Jan. 20 in Spain, his order said. Father Richard K. Gross, 80, a Wrentham native, died in the city of Málaga while “preparing to ...

29, 2025 where they launched an online database on more than 80 Roman Catholic priests who have been accused of sexually abusing minors in the Philippines. (AP Photo/Joeal Calupitan) Anne Barrett ...

Adam, as we discovered in the previous column, was appointed by God to be high priest of humanity. He was called by God the Father to minister and offer sacrifice in the temple of creation by ...

O Jesus, our great High Priest, hear my humble prayers on behalf of your priests. Give them a deep faith, a bright and firm hope and a burning love which will ever increase in the course of their ...

Police are investigating after a Catholic priest from Massachusetts died “tragically” last week in Spain while preparing for a cruise, according to his order. Rev. Richard K. Gross ...

MANILA, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Philippine priests accused of sex abuse remain in active ministry in the Catholic-majority country, a U.S.-based abuse tracking group said on Wednesday, urging the ...

Suzuki’s Mikaboyama temple, for example, is located in Sanbagawa - an area three hours’ drive from Tokyo with only 500 residents and which also has three other Buddhist temples, one Shinto ...

Anne Barrett Doyle, right, Co-Director and Suzy Nauman, database manager of BishopAccountability.org, a United States-based watchdog, speaks at a news conference in Manila on January 29, 2025 where ...