Iraq is moving to finalize agreements with the Vatican to launch Christian pilgrimages to the ancient city of Ur, the ...

To have a true Christian pilgrimage experience along the Camino de Santiago -- the popular pilgrimage in northern Spain that leads to the tomb of St. James -- pilgrims must cultivate silence, prayer ...

The Holy Land’s sacred sites overflow with tourists in normal times, but with an intractable war in Gaza and the looming threat of attacks by Hezbollah and Iran, airlines have canceled most flights ...

Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Imad Hijazin participated in the International Conference of Catholic Pilgrimage Organisations, held in Rome, Italy.According to a ministry statement released on ...

Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority have discovered a Byzantine-period church in the northern Negev desert with wall art displaying ships. The surprise findings were announced in a ...

“Rome ’25-the Way of St. James ’27-Jerusalem ’33” is the name of an initiative led by young people who, through pilgrimages, evangelization, and healing, aim to “restore the soul of Europe.” The ...

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 ...

Each year, millions of people from different faiths make religious journeys. They travel far, to Mecca, Jerusalem, the Ganges River or Lourdes, France, to walk the paths of prophets, saints and ...

Nearly three dozen Anglicans and Episcopalians representing Indigenous cultures from around the world have gathered in the Episcopal Missionary Diocese of Navajoland to begin a weeklong pilgrimage ...

An American freed in Syria on Thursday said he was on a Christian pilgrimage when he crossed into the country on foot seven months ago and was detained by the Bashar al-Assad regime. Travis Timmerman ...