Slideshow about festival in Kerala.

Guest blog post from a young journalist and pilgrim who attended the 2011 World Youth Day in Madrid with the Diocese of Westminster (London).

Program for secondary school students to become trained online and write as international correspondents for publication on the PEARL Youth News Website.

“It’s festival season in India, with the celebrations providing a perfect opportunity for family outings, late-night parties and customary feasting on sweets.”

Read a Jan. 27, 2011, Pew Forum article about the expansion of Muslims across the globe and their projected future population.

“Saturday, Kanika Syal will wake up before dawn to begin a fast at sunrise, and not eat or drink until she sees the moon at night — all in the hope her husband will have a long life.”