PRAYAGRAJ, India — Tens of thousands of naked Hindu ascetics and millions of pilgrims took dips in freezing water at the ...

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

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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 ...

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

Prime Time Head Start, which serves children six weeks to five years old, is expanding to the historic Holy Rosary Institute ...

The grand 45-day event began on Monday in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj and will conclude on February 26. The Uttar Pradesh govt ...

Meeting more than 7,000 pilgrims who filled the Vatican audience hall or pressed against crowd-control barriers outside, ...