Father Magi Murzello, the rector of St. Andrew’s College in Mumbai, India, speaks at a conference. Cardinal Oswald Gracias sits next to him. (Credit: St. Andrew’s College.) Listen MUMBAI, India – A ...

India's northern city of Varanasi, also known as Banaras, is among the oldest cities in the world. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: (Non-English language spoken). MARTIN: The city has always been welcoming to ...

(RNS) — At the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago last week with the theme of defending human rights, several Hindu groups complained that, at an event that celebrates common ground among ...

Demands for official recognition of the Sarna tribal religion have intensified in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand following the federal government’s nod last month to recording citizens’ caste ...

A group of tribal Christian leaders has urged politicians to ensure the recognition of traditional tribal religion, helping tribal people specify their faith in India’s upcoming national census, ...

As of 2020, people who identify with a religion make up about 76% of the world’s population, according to a new Pew Research Center study on global religious change. This is down by about 1 percentage ...