In cultures that use this practice, people knock on wood to ward off bad luck, and welcome in wealth or fortune. In modern times, it's believed that if you knock on wood when making a statement about ...

Not long ago, my cat, Alice, more affectionately known as “the marshmallow,” was taunting the dog and leading her on a chase through the house. She ran to her favorite “safe base” when they normally ...

Do you suffer from friggatriskaidekaphobia? That is, a morbid, irrational fear of Friday the 13th? If so, you're not the only one - apparently, President Franklin D. Roosevelt also suffered from it, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When it comes to superstitions, many of us like to think we're above it all. But deep down, there's a little part of us that can't ...

The number 13, black cats, breaking mirrors, or walking under ladders, may all be things you actively avoid – if you're anything like the 25% of people in the US who consider themselves superstitious.

Live your Christian life as Stevie Wonder sang: Superstition ain't the way.

Pope Leo XIV, during an address at the Vatican on Thursday, called for the “prudent” evaluation of supernatural phenomena to avoid falling into superstition. “To avoid falling into superstitious ...