We asked people in three dozen countries how they see religion's role in society, government and national identity.

While the handful of major world religions are familiar to most people, it's fascinating to consider how many religions there are in total, both now and in the past. If you're asking, "How many ...

Dozens of people were killed in a crowd crush at the world’s largest religious gathering in India early Wednesday, as tens of ...

Millions of Hindus are gathering in a northern Indian city for the Maha Kumbh festival, the world’s largest religious ...

Millions of Hindu devotees are bathing in sacred waters as the world’s biggest religious gathering begins in India’s northern ...

The religion with the largest population is considered the world’s largest, and currently, Christianity holds this position, followed by Islam and Hinduism. Amid this rapid population growth ...

So, what are the world’s richest religious organizations ... While the global Catholic Church has about $73 billion in total assets, the Holy See has about $5 billion that it uses to operate like a ...

This story appears in the December 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Somewhere in the world, a meal, ritual, or offering is being prepared in religious observance—most likely by the ...

Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world and is predicted ... which is roughly in line with the world's total growth rate. Understand the quirky parts of Aussie life.