Articles on this issue "pilgrimages"
A charter flight from Rome to Lourdes this week will mark the beginning of a new Vatican initiative to link the Eternal City with major pilgrimage destinations worldwide. Monday's flight is …
read moreCardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard sent condolences to the bishops of Poland after a bus accident killed 26 Polish pilgrims in an Alpine Pass in southeast France. The 47 pilgrims, accompanied by a …
read moreBenedict XVI visited the main sites connected to the lives of Sts. Francis and Clare in his one-day trip to Assisi. The Pope says the key to understanding the life of Francis lies in the …
read moreItalian youth, in the spirit of solidarity, will be participating in a series of pilgrimages to the Holy Land. The Opera Romana Pellegrinaggi, the Vatican institution whose mission is to …
read moreThere is a new Web site available for tourists planning to visit major Catholic pilgrimage sites. The Opera Romana Pellegrinaggi, the Vatican institution whose mission is to evangelize through …
read moreAccording to the president of Indian bishops' conference, shrines are visible signs of God's loving power. Cardinal Telesphore Toppo, archbishop of Ranchi, highlighted the importance of …
read moreAffordable trips and guaranteed departures are now available to North American pilgrims through the Opera Romana Pellegrinaggi. The ORP is sponsored by the Vicariate of Rome. In collaboration …
read moreThe media are useful not just to promote pilgrimages, but also to accompany them, says the president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications. Archbishop John Foley made that …
read moreThe recently opened "Routes of Europe" information center in the Vatican offices of the Opera Romana Pellegrinaggi, in St. Peter's Square, offers resources that pilgrims need on their …
read moreThe Assisi International Center for Peace Among People awarded the "Pilgrim of Peace" prize to Cardinal Renato Martino. The prize is conferred on prominent figures for their work in favor of …
read moreRussian Catholics have just ended what might have been their largest-ever pilgrimage to Rome in the post-Soviet era. "The main objective of our visit," said Olga Karpova, who organized one of …
read moreBethlehem enjoyed a sizable influx of Christmas pilgrims from around the world. Some 30,000 people -- 10,000 more than last year -- arrived to commemorate the birth of Jesus, the largest …
read moreLast year John Paul II met with or greeted more than 2 million faithful at the Vatican, according to statistics published by the Holy See. The figure does not include the hundreds of thousands …
read moreIn a message for the closing of the Compostelan Holy Year, John Paul II affirmed that "Spain and the whole of Europe need to recover the awareness of their identity." In the text, addressed to …
read moreSeveral thousand pilgrims flocked to the traditional birthplace of Jesus on Christmas Eve -- crowds that were bigger than in the past few years. Christian worshippers made their way to Manger …
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