After a devastating fire, people in Bougainville found hope and strength from a statue of the Virgin Mary that survived the ...

The sky was grey and there was a dusting of snow on the ground. Mid-November in Denmark does not offer ideal beach weather, ...

Artists in Mexico’s Iztapalapa borough are using murals to highlight local residents and send positive messages, in what’s ...

Chile’s Indigenous Mapuche people have long fought the government over land claims. They've faced discrimination and assimilation in Chilean society. But some Mapuche communities are now turning the ...

The World takes a look at what people consider sacred spaces around the globe in this holiday special. On the tropical island of Bougainville, locals discover an icon of Saint Mary believed to have ...

Chile’s Indigenous Mapuche people have long fought the government over land claims. They’ve faced discrimination and assimilation in Chilean society. But some Mapuche communities are now turning the ...

“Wind Phones” are not connected to any phone line, but they are connected in a different sense. The phones create space for people to have a one-way conversation with their loved ones who have died.

Far out in the South Pacific, there’s a tropical island called Bougainville. Its people are devoutly Catholic — with a twist. Many revere the Virgin Mary almost as much as her son, Jesus. Women are ...

One person who has thought a lot about what it means to encounter the power of a wave is Karma Lekshe Tsomo. She is a Buddhist nun who grew up surfing in Malibu, California, and is a professor emerita ...

Times are tough in Argentina, while the new president attempts to tame inflation, and poverty is on the rise. But there’s one sport, and one very special place, that brings people together. As part of ...

The Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God was constructed over a natural spring that is sacred for Istanbul’s Greek Orthodox community. On the first day of every month, hundreds of visitors of ...

Berlin is considered the world’s clubbing capital, and for some, those clubs offer an almost religious experience. But the city is changing, and more and more nightclubs are under threat from ...