Five years after a catastrophic fire, Paris's beloved cathedral will open to great fanfare. Nat Geo got exclusive access to ...

Carlo Acutis died of leukemia in 2006 at the age of 15. He has been dubbed the “patron saint of the internet." ...

Carlo Acutis, born to Italian parents in London, was a talented web designer who died from leukemia in Italy at just 15 years ...

Pope Francis will make late teen Carlo Acutis the Catholic Church’s first millennial and digital saint next year ...

Insights The world’s largest temples cover a variety of religions and beliefs.  Some of these temples have been around for ...

Pilgrimage is not meant to be easy, but it remains a popular pursuit – even for non-believers.

Saints canonized before the division of the church into Catholic and Orthodox are equally revered by both faiths. For example ...

Since the Dalai Lama’s recognition, Jalue Dorje has spent much of his life training to become a monk, memorizing sacred ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s new Pentagon pick, Pete Hegseth, is being blasted for tattoos that are allegedly symbols of ...

The history of Mafra Palace, the main setting for ‘Queen Margot,’ competes for sheer epic (and, at times, terror) with the ...

Brother Luke, an Orthodox Christian monk, holds his 10-week-old German shepherd Pyrena ... the golden walls of the larger of the monastery’s two churches. By the late 1970s, what had started ...

Discover the UNESCO-listed Byzantine churches of Troodos, Cyprus, showcasing stunning frescoes and rich religious heritage.