Religions Around The World

In the early morning hours, monks can be seen walking on their alms round in Kanchanaburi, Thailand
Showing humility and detachment from worldly goods, the monk walks slowly and only stops if he is called. Standing quietly, with his bowl open, the local Buddhists give him rice, or flowers, or an envelope containing money.  In return, the monks bless the local Buddhists and wish them a long and fruitful life.
Christians Celebrate Good Friday
Enacting the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in St. Mary's Church in Secunderabad, India. Only 2.3% of India's population is Christian. 
Ancient interior mosaic in the Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora
The Church of the Holy Saviour in Istanbul, Turkey is a medieval Byzantine Greek Orthodox church.
Dome of the Rock located in the Old City of Jerusalem
The site's great significance for Muslims derives from traditions connecting it to the creation of the world and to the belief that the Prophet Muhammad's Night Journey to heaven started from the rock at the center of the structure.
Holi Festival in Mathura, India
Holi is a Hindu festival that marks the end of winter. Also known as the “festival of colors”,  Holi is primarily observed in South Asia but has spread across the world in celebration of love and the changing of the seasons.
Jewish father and daughter pray at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, Israel.
Known in Hebrew as the Western Wall, it is one of the holiest sites in the world. The description, "place of weeping", originated from the Jewish practice of mourning the destruction of the Temple and praying for its rebuilding at the site of the Western Wall.
People praying in Mengjia Longshan Temple in Taipei, Taiwan
The temple is dedicated to both Taoism and Buddhism.
People praying in the Grand Mosque in Ulu Cami
This is the most important mosque in Bursa, Turkey and a landmark of early Ottoman architecture built in 1399.
Savior Transfiguration Cathedral of the Savior Monastery of St. Euthymius
Located in Suzdal, Russia, this is a church rite of sanctification of apples and grapes in honor of the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord.
Fushimi Inari Shrine is located in Kyoto, Japan
It is famous for its thousands of vermilion torii gates, which straddle a network of trails behind its main buildings. Fushimi Inari is the most important Shinto shrine dedicated to Inari, the Shinto god of rice.
Ladles at the purification fountain in the Hakone Shrine
Located in Hakone, Japan, this shrine is a Japanese Shinto shrine.  At the purification fountain, ritual washings are performed by individuals when they visit a shrine. This ritual symbolizes the inner purity necessary for a truly human and spiritual life.
Hanging Gardens of Haifa are garden terraces around the Shrine of the Báb on Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel
They are one of the most visited tourist attractions in Israel. The Shrine of the Báb is where the remains of the Báb, founder of the Bábí Faith and forerunner of Bahá'u'lláh in the Bahá'í Faith, have been buried; it is considered to be the second holiest place on Earth for Bahá'ís.
Pilgrims praying at the Pool of the Nectar of Immortality and Golden Temple
Located in Amritsar, India, the Golden Temple is one of the most revered spiritual sites of Sikhism. It is a place of worship for men and women from all walks of life and all religions to worship God equally. Over 100,000 people visit the shrine daily.
Entrance gateway of Sik Sik Yuen Wong Tai Sin Temple Kowloon
Located in Hong Kong, China, the temple is dedicated to Wong Tai Sin, or the Great Immortal Wong. The Taoist temple is famed for the many prayers answered: "What you request is what you get" via a practice called kau cim.
Christian women worship at a church in Bois Neus, Haiti.
Haiti's population is 94.8 percent Christian, primarily Catholic. This makes them one of the most heavily Christian countries in the world.

World Religions News

A Revolution Gone Awry


New book pulls no punches as it reveals the true victims of the sexual and cultural revolutions

SAN FRANCISCO — Was Christianity always the answer to the horrors brought about by the sexual revolution: millions of abortions, broken marriages, children without a mother and father? Nathanael Blake argues for the return of authentic love to our culture to heal the vast wounds of the sexual revolution in his new book, VICTIMS OF THE REVOLUTION: HOW SEXUAL LIBERATION HURTS US ALL (Ignatius Press).

Blake is a Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. He is a regular columnist for The Federalist, WORLD Opinions, and other popular publications. He received his doctorate from the Catholic University of America. He lives in Virginia with his wife and children.

The sexual revolution offered happiness and great sex — but Americans are increasingly lonely and unhappy, and they even report having less, and less satisfying, sex. Rather than providing fulfilling pleasure, sexual liberation has created a relational wasteland in which men and women are alienated from each other. But there is an answer, reveals Blake in VICTIMS OF THE REVOLUTION, and it lies in traditional Christian morals and values.

Ryan T. Anderson writes in the foreword to VICTIMS OF THE REVOLUTION that Blake has written a truly radical book, one that is fearless in confronting how deeply the pains of the sexual revolution go into the culture but also delivering sound solutions and answers: living out the Christian teachings on sexuality.

“Blake offers a compelling ‘apocalypse’ — that is, unveiling — of the sexual revolution’s false promises,” said Christopher West, Th.D., president of the Theology of the Body Institute. “But that so-called freedom has come at the price of having lost the only freedom that truly matters: the freedom to love. He demonstrates that true sexual freedom is not the liberty to indulge one’s compulsions but liberation from the compulsion to indulge. Only such a person is free to put his or her sexual powers at the service of self-giving love.”

For more information, to request a review copy, or to schedule an interview with Nathanael Blake, please contact Kevin Wandra (404-788-1276 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) of Carmel Communications.     

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