The town of Loreto in Italy holds a unique place in Christian devotion. At its heart stands the Basilica of the Holy House, a monumental church built around what tradition…
The city of Padua, in northern Italy, holds one of the most visited pilgrimage sites in the Christian world: the Basilica of Saint Anthony. Known to many simply as Il…
When people speak of pilgrimages in Christianity, a few names rise immediately to the surface. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Santiago de Compostela in Spain. And, of…
San Giovanni Rotondo, a modest town in the region of Foggia, southern Italy, has become one of the most important pilgrimage sites in Europe because of a man who lived…
When people think of pilgrimages, the mind often drifts toward Jerusalem, Rome, or Santiago de Compostela. But tucked away in the Irish countryside lies a place of quiet, enduring devotion…
Brazil’s National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida is more than a landmark—it is a living, breathing crossroads of faith. Set in the lush Paraíba Valley between São Paulo and…
The village of Medjugorje, set among the limestone hills of western Bosnia and Herzegovina, does not announce itself with grandeur. There is no towering medieval cathedral or ancient relic guarded…
The village of Walsingham, tucked into the gentle countryside of Norfolk, England, has been a destination for pilgrims for nearly a thousand years. Long before modern roads and smartphone maps,…
There are places where memory takes root like a tree and refuses to be felled. La Vang is one such place: a low, wooded hollow in Quảng Trị Province where…
The rolling hills of central Portugal hold a quiet village that, for more than a century, has drawn millions of people seeking solace, healing, and a deeper connection to the…
