Sunday Service of the Christian Life Fellowship in Greenwich, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Presbyterian temple service, Seoul, South Korea, Asia

Church of Bamanya, Mbandaka, Equateur province, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa

Soldiers of the Spiritual Church of Black People in Mbandaka, Equateur province, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa

Cathedral of Bunia, Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa

Women leaving the cathedral after church service in Kananga, Central Kasai, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa

Cathedral of Kananga, Central Kasai, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa

Vioareioi Church and the sun aligned with bell tower, Faroe Islands, Denmark, North Atlantic, Europe

Monseigneur Fouad Boutros Tawal, Coadjutor of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, swinging incense during Mass in Easter week, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Old City, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Monseigneur Fouad Boutros Tawal, Coadjutor of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, raising a cup of wine during Mass in Easter week, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Old City, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Mass being celebrated by priest in Roman Catholic cathedral, Catedral de Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain

Confraternity of penitents gathering outside San Leonardo church, Enna, Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean, Europe

Pentecostal Sunday service, Missessinto, Benin, West Africa, Africa

Pentecostal Sunday service, Missessinto, Benin, West Africa, Africa

Sunday Service of the Christian Life Fellowship in Greenwich, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Sunday service in a Reformed church, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Sunday service in a Reformed church, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Choral group, Saint Gayaneh church, Etchmiadzin, Armenia, Asia

Choral group, Saint Gayaneh church, Etchmiadzin, Armenia, Asia

Choir boys in Lincoln Cathedral for a Christmas service, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

prayer service in Qiyuan Monastery with high ranking monks, Jiuhua Shan Village, Zhiyuan Monastery, Jiuhuashan, Mount Jiuhua, mountain of nine flowers, Anhui province, China, Asia

prayer service in Qiyuan Monastery with high ranking monks, Jiuhua Shan Village, Zhiyuan Monastery, Jiuhuashan, Mount Jiuhua, mountain of nine flowers, Anhui province, China, Asia

prayer service in Qiyuan Monastery with high ranking monks, Jiuhua Shan Village, Zhiyuan Monastery, Jiuhuashan, Mount Jiuhua, mountain of nine flowers, Anhui province, China, Asia

Hands holding a hymn book at a church service, Garoua, Cameroon, Africa

Hymn book, during a church service, Madang, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia

Aerial picture, open air church service on the occasion of the Feast of Corpus Christi, Herten palace gardens, Herten moated castle, Barockpark gardens, Herten, Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Front court of a buddhist monastery in Leh, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Tamil temple in St. Pierre, La Reunion Island, France, Africa

Tamil temple in St. Pierre, La Reunion Island, France, Africa

Aerial picture, open air church service on the occasion of the Feast of Corpus Christi, Herten palace gardens, Herten moated castle, Barockpark gardens, Herten, Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Israel Mount Tabor Church of the Transfiguration service

Service, Gothic, Baroque style, city parish church, Simultaneum, St. Martin, Biberach an der Riss, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Aerial picture, open air church service on the occasion of the Feast of Corpus Christi, Herten palace gardens, Herten moated castle, Barockpark gardens, Herten, Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Main altar Cathedral of San Giorgio Modica Italy

Tamil temple in St. Pierre, La Reunion Island, France, Africa

St. Peter's Basilica with Pope Benedict XVI during Easter Mass and Urbi et Orbi papal blessing, balcony Loggia delle Benedizioni, St. Peter's Square, Piazza San Pietro, Vatican, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Hands holding a hymn book at a church service, Garoua, Cameroon, Africa

Aerial picture, open air church service on the occasion of the Feast of Corpus Christi, Herten palace gardens, Herten moated castle, Barockpark gardens, Herten, Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Woman's hands and hymnal, Sehitwa, Botswana, Africa

On the stairs in front of the Cathedral of San Giorgio main portal Modica Italy

A packed Iquique Cathedral during Easter service, Iquique, Norte Grande region, Northern Chile, Chile, South America

Aerial picture, open air church service on the occasion of the Feast of Corpus Christi, Herten palace gardens, Herten moated castle, Barockpark gardens, Herten, Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Pilgrimage church Loretto, Burgenland, Austria, Europe

Service, nave, Basilica San Giovanni in Laterano, Basilica of St. John Lateran, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Service, nave, Basilica San Giovanni in Laterano, Basilica of St. John Lateran, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Cuzco evangelist Raul Huaco stops for a prayer with friend Calixta Cruz in the village of Angostura, south of the city of Cuzco. Personal attention by local evangelists and the ability to participate in church services often attracts disenchanted Catholics who have little say in the operation of their churches. This image is part of a five-part series on the rise of evangelical Protestantism in Latin America.

Church members worship at a Sunday morning service.

Worshippers at a service by Brazil's charismatic Padre Marcelo Rossi are encouraged to sing, shout and speak in tongues much like their Pentecostal counterparts, yet Catholic traditions, such as communion are preserved. This image is part of a five-part series on the rise of evangelical Protestantism in Latin America.

Pakistani Christians at a service in Karachi, Pakistan on February 1, 2008.

A young Ethiopian girl at the Church of Saint George during Timkat, the Orthodox Tewahedo celebration of Epiphany, celebrated on January 19th, Ziway, Oromia Region, Ethiopia