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 ...

Across 36 countries, most people say religion helps society and encourages tolerance. They're more divided on whether it promotes superstition.

Millions of devout Muslims from around the world participate in a pilgrimage ... prophet Mohammed and the cradle of Islam. A fierce religious identity dominates the Sunni-majority nation, with ...

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

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 ...

A horror stampede at India's Maha Kumbh Mela festival has seen 15 people killed as tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to take ...

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 ...

1 in Religious freedom Canada takes up about two-fifths of the North American continent, making it the second-largest country in the world after Russia. The country is sparsely populated ...

This article was published in January 2023. For schools, World Religion Day is a great opportunity to spend some additional time focusing on religious and non-religious identity in our local ...