Established by Pope Gregory XIII on 23 January 1576, it was the first in East Asia in the modern era and played a key role in ...

Invoking Rabindranath Tagore’s evocative lines from “Bharat Tirtha”, where the poet described India as a sacred land of countless pilgrimages, Gangasagar stands out as one of the most revered ...

For the first time in its history, the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes—one of the world’s most important Catholic pilgrimage sites—was forced to close to the 20,000 souls who flock there every day.

Why Terceira, the third-largest island in Portugal's Azores, should be your next European escape. I was in Biscoitos, a village on the northern tip of Terceira, which is the third largest island in ...

The Nomination files produced by the States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to ...

From faces to watch and books to read, to must-visit destinations and events to put in the diary, here are 26 things we're ...