When you walk into the church, you dip your fingers into the holy water font and then make the sign of the cross. But why do you do that? Why do Catholics use holy water in their worship and their ...

The famed author will be joined by Ann Dowd, the Emmy Award-winning star from "The Handmaid's Tale" television series.

Modern people often regard the idea of a holy war as a contradiction. Killing thousands of people and causing wholesale destruction seems to be as far from holiness as one can get. But religion and ...

Holy basil is an herb from the basil family. Some animal and test tube studies suggest it has potential health benefits, such as aiding wound healing and stress relief, but this may not apply to ...

Holy basil is an aromatic plant in the same family as the more familiar sweet basil, which you can find in pizzas and other cooked food. Holy basil, however, has been cultivated for use in religious ...