When in the capital for road games, many Mexican League players join the throngs paying their respects at the Basílica de Santa María de Guadalupe.
Category: Religion and Belief
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Ireland Says Goodbye to Sinéad O’Connor
In the coastal town of Bray, south of Dublin, the site of Ms. O’Connor’s last Irish home, mourners prepared to pay their last respects to the singer.
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In Guatemala, A Collective of Young Artists Finds Family Through Film
The members of the Desobediencia Perfecta film production house did not see themselves reflected on screen. So they decided to create a space to tell stories of their own.
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Supreme Court Sides With Postal Carrier Who Refused to Work on Sabbath
The unanimous decision interpreted a federal civil rights law to require employers to make substantial efforts to accommodate their workers’ religious practices.
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Book Review: ‘Self-Made,’ by Tara Isabella Burton
In a breezy new history of personal branding, Tara Isabella Burton comes face to face with Oscar Wilde, Frederick Douglass, Kim Kardashian and more.
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At This Texas Campus Ministry, ‘Inclusive Love’ Is the Mission
Students at the University of Texas in Austin have found a safe haven at the Texas Wesley, a Methodist group whose doors are open to all.
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Flamenco and Fervor: Inside Spain’s El Rocío Pilgrimage
The annual spectacle, featuring fanciful caravans and riders on horseback, and is arguably the most potent visual representation of Andalusian culture.
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Rome, Sacred Ground for Nearly 3,000 Years, and Counting
Christianity is just one chapter in the Eternal City’s rich spiritual history. Judaism, Islam and ancient Roman religions are also a big part of the picture.
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Supreme Court Seems Ready to Strengthen Protections for Religious Workers
The justices searched for common ground and may be prepared to issue a modest revision to an aspect of a 1977 precedent that imposed only a slight burden on businesses.
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Tiny Love Stories: ‘What the Ukrainian Grandmothers Have Written’
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
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‘The Sassoons’: A Family Romance at Global Scale
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:The Jewish Museum surveys one of the grandest families of the 19th century: a hemisphere-spanning dynasty of merchants, poets, soldiers and socialites (oh, and also drug lords).