JOHANNESBURG – Initiation ceremonies in South Africa have led to the deaths of 60 young men and the hospitalization of hundreds since May, sparking concern from officials about regulations surrounding ...

Italian police have cracked an encrypted "Mafia code" in an initiation rite recited by prospective members of the organized crime network during oath-taking ceremonies. Detectives in Rome discovered ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The Knights of Columbus has announced a major revision to its longtime initiation ceremonies and for the first time will open them to the public, saying the changes are needed to ...

Members of the Knights of Columbus receive rosaries Jan. 1, 2020, as part of the organization’s new ceremony that is designed to condense the Knights of Columbus’s three degrees into one. In addition, ...

Mexican drug lords are forcing new members of two drug cartels to eat the hearts of their murder victims as part of a vicious initiation rite. New recruits of the La Familia Michoacana and the Knights ...

There's a long-standing tradition among sailors on U.S. Navy ships when they cross the equator: Those onboard who've already experienced the passage, called shellbacks, perform an elaborate initiation ...

Team building activities in sport are carried out for tradition's sake and don't help players to bond, according to results of a new study. Team building activities in sport are carried out for ...

The Spring 2017 initiation ceremony will be held on Saturday, May 6, from 5-7pm in UMC 235. Initiates and their families will receive details. It is not necessary to attend the initiation in person to ...

Students bobbed for apples in a mixture of booze and urine as part of a drink-fuelled initiation ceremony where a British student died, an inquest heard. First-year economics student Ed Farmer, 20, ...

Members of the Knights of Columbus receive rosaries Jan. 1, 2020, as part of the organization's new ceremony that is designed to condense the Knights of Columbus' three degrees into one. In addition, ...

A U.S. Navy spokesperson tells PEOPLE marking a ship’s passage across the equator has been a tradition for centuries. But the ceremonies are now optional — and no longer look like this There's a ...