- Across regions where armies recently fought deadly battles, a Catholic bishop in South Sudan has embarked on a long and grueling trek to meet the pope.
Bishop Christian Carlassare of Rumbek is walking for nearly 93 miles of the 260 that separate
Jordan began Christmas celebrations by unveiling a project that could attract 1 million pilgrims annually to the officially recognized site of Jesus' baptism on the east bank of the Jordan River.
An area adjacent to Bethany Beyond the Jordan, as mentioned in the
Recently returned from a pilgrimage in Francis, Father Patrick Briscoe, editor of Our Sunday Visitor, recalls his experience traveling to the remarkable church Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy — a fitting site as we prepare for the upcoming feast of the archangels. Father
Christopher Casey, a college student from Philadelphia, has only come to learn about Blessed Michael McGivney by attending Mass at St. Mary's Church in New Haven, where the parish priest founded the Knights of Columbus in 1882 and where he is laid
Thousands of pilgrims hiked up Ireland's holiest mountain for the annual Reek Sunday pilgrimage, held for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic hit.
The pilgrimage traditionally is held the last Sunday of July, but it was postponed in 2020 and 2021 over
Participants in an annual pilgrimage to Lourdes, France, for U.S. active-duty military personnel and veterans assembled 3,000 prayer kits for Ukrainian soldiers.
The "Warriors to Lourdes" pilgrimage May 10-16 drew more than 175 participants and was co-sponsored by the U.S. Archdiocese for the
With a pilgrim's staff and mantle, Pope Francis entered Assisi's Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels with 500 economically or socially disadvantaged people and the volunteers who walk alongside them.
The pope's pilgrimage to Assisi Nov. 12 was dedicated totally to the
Bishop Neal J. Buckon told Massgoers at the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Oct. 3 that "what seems impossible in our culture, Jesus makes possible through grace."
"Lifelong fidelity is a grace from God. We have multiple relationships in our life
Filipino Catholics in the Washington area made a pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception to celebrate a 500-year journey of faith that continues.
A Sept. 18 Mass commemorating five centuries of Christianity in the Philippines and the