The Catholic Church held what is being termed as the first online pilgrimage to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in France. Earlier this spring, for the first time in its 162-year existence the ...

Erasmus, writing in the early 16th century, provided a scathing critique of the waning, often abusive practice of Christian pilgrimage in his day. Never theless, he wrote: “If any shall do it of their ...

Pedro Gutierrez said he didn’t know much about the Way of St. James, a centuries-old Christian pilgrimage in Spain, when the priest from his parish in Gilbert, Arizona, invited him and others to go.

Israel, the Holy Land, is a deeply significant destination for Christians worldwide. Planning a pilgrimage to this sacred place can be a life-changing experience, allowing you to walk in the footsteps ...

As we write this in mid-September, we are seeing the end of the “Bandra Feast,” a week to fifteen days of prayer, devotions, and fun-filled commercial activity in an upmarket suburb of Mumbai. The ...

The latest discoveries in the Judean Desert are not just spectacular artifacts, they are hard evidence that Christian pilgrimage once supported a sophisticated trade in souvenirs, hospitality and ...

Delivering the keynote address, Bishop Stephen Adegbite, Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), underscored the spiritual and socioeconomic value of Christian ...

Why Muslims, Jews, and Christians still yearn for their holy places. The death of 14 Muslims made news last week when pilgrims converging on a holy site in Mecca collided with crowds leaving it.

On the weekend on which the Catholic Church celebrates Pentecost — remembering how, filled with the Holy Spirit, the first disciples left the Upper Room, where Jesus had celebrated the first Eucharist ...

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