When you have something as old as the Catholic Church, you’re bound to see some rough patches and damage done. We’ve seen martyrdoms and terrorist attacks, clergy scandals, and natural disasters. Through all of this, the Church stood strong. On an...
On May 12, Pope Francis gave the green light for Catholics to pilgrimage to Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, which the sight of alleged Marian apparitions. Papal spokesman Alessandro Gisotti said in a statement the same day that this authorization of pilgrimage...
Observing a small tradition of the Church long ago may just make your Holy Thursday that much better. Traditionally, on Holy Thursday when the Blessed Sacrament is placed on the Altar of Repose, people would make small pilgrimages and visit several different churches...
Lough Derg is located on a small island off of Donegal county, Ireland. It is a penitential pilgrimage, and it will rock your world. Lough Derg offers a three-day pilgrimage where pilgrims “let go” of the many luxuries of daily life, and focus on fasting,...
VATICAN CITY – For more than three hundred years, thick wooden planks covered the marble Holy Stairs. But those planks didn’t stop millions of pilgrims from climbing the hard stairs on their knees while meditating on the passion and death of Christ. But...
