Tens of thousands of naked Hindu ascetics and millions of pilgrims are taking dips in sacred rivers in the first of a series ...

Holy See and Italian authorities are collaborating to welcome an estimated 30 million people expected to come to Rome ...

Hindus believe bathing at the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers will cleanse them of their sins.

The final resting place of the cup of Christ is the ‘holy grail’ of religious tourism. But hundreds of sites claiming to be ...

As the biggest spiritual gathering in the world began on the auspicious occasion of Paush Purnima on Monday, devotees from ...

Ash-smeared naked Hindu holy men charged into India's most sacred river Ganges at dawn on the first most significant bathing ...

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Millions of people have taken a holy bath at the Hindu festival of Kumbh Mela (also known as Mahakumbh) - described as ...

As the Jubilee year kicks off in Rome, more than half a million visitors have flocked to the Vatican to walk through the Holy Doors at St Peter’s Basilica. CNN’s Antonia Mortensen brings you to the ...

Catholic bishops in the Holy Land prayed for “the ability to hope again” after “a prolonged time of trial and tribulation” in a message for the start of the ...