Pope Francis has thrown a wrench in some of the speculation about a future conclave. He's decided to extend the term of the ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India — Tens of thousands of naked Hindu ascetics and millions of pilgrims took dips in freezing water at the confluence of sacred rivers in northern India on Tuesday, in the first of a ...

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Sunda participated in the ongoing MahaKumbh Mela in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh ...

The man appears in a silhouette after rising from the river. His dreadlocked hair is flicked backwards, sending a stream of ...

Syria’s Islamist leaders pledged to respect religious freedom despite their radical past. Many Christians and Shiites are ...

Prominent personalities from various fields have also taken the holy dip at the Sangam, including Union Home Minister Amit ...

Around the world, Bishops and priests come together ... after sundown – because Passover began at sundown- the Holy Thursday Liturgy takes place, marking the end of Lent and the beginning ...

In some ways, using the terms ‘sacred’ or ‘holy’ to describe significant Biblical places, can be misleading. It’s not the sites themselves ... Yet I was also aware that on the other side of the world, ...

Dozens of worshippers are feared dead and many more injured following a stampede or crush Wednesday at the massive Kumbh Mela ...

and the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher-Anastasis in Jerusalem. “They are the places from which the hope of Christians around the world originates and is nourished: Throughout the year ...

Indigo CEO Pieter Elbers visited the Mahakumbh Mela in Prayagraj over the weekend, joining millions of people at the world’s largest religious festival ...