More than 15 million visitors are expected to descend upon the city of Paris this summer for the 2024 Olympics. The French capital will serve as the stage for over 300 events in 32 sports -- including, for the first time, breakdancing
A community of Carmelite hermits in Lake Elmo, Minnesota, is looking to expand after running out of space to accept new vocations. The first step, they say, is a new chapel. “We must build to accept more men into this ancient order,”
Surrounded by the chaos of tourists visiting the Eternal City, 17 college students sought to escape the secular world of Rome.
They were not there for the sights, but for a weeklong pilgrimage focused on walking in the footsteps of saints and deepening
Nearly every Catholic church depicts the 14 Stations of the Cross — moments of Jesus’ passion and death on the cross — so that the faithful can pray and reflect on them. Now, Catholics worldwide can also pray the stations while seeing,
An upcoming celebration of the Divine Mercy devotion focuses in particular on the Eucharist and on the need for "spiritual fatherhood."
Some 15,000 pilgrims are expected at the annual Divine Mercy Sunday Weekend, which takes place April 6-7 at the National Shrine of
After more than a century, construction of Spain's Basilica of the Holy Family in Barcelona, known as Sagrada Familia for its Spanish name, will be completed in 2026, the foundation overseeing the project announced.
During a March 20 press conference announcing the publication
St. Frances Cabrini Shrine in Upper Manhattan is a light-filled hilltop destination welcoming pilgrims drawn to both its serenity and the remarkable life of the holy immigrant woman it honors.
The New York shrine and St. Frances Xavier Cabrini are in the spotlight
During a recent pilgrimage to Mexico City, Father Patrick Briscoe had the opportunity to climb Tepayac Hill, where Our Lady of Guadalupe had appeared to St. Juan Diego hundreds of years ago. While he had prepared for the pilgrimage in other ways,
Malta is one of the best places to visit during Easter. There, you can be a participant — not just a spectator. Every parish organizes events according to local customs, and visitors take part in ancient traditions — some of them as
In the picturesque Tuscan hills of Italy stands a captivating and mysterious sight: the sword of San Galgano, embedded in a stone, reminiscent of King Arthur’s legend. This sword is linked to the 12th-century knight, Galgano Guidotti, who renounced his worldly life