The Cathedral of Saint Francis of Assisi was officially elevated to a basilica by Pope Benedict XVIon October 4, 2005, when it was named the Cathedral Basilica of
The Sacred Heart Church of Chandannagar is a parish in the archdiocese of Calcutta in West Bengal, India. Actually the church was started by the Augustinian monks
Many experts have scrutinized this miraculous staircase and they are all at a loss to explain how it was made possible in those days using simple tools when it is
If you have ever gone to Holy Land, you may have found that one third of your trip was a waste. If your intention is to see Pyramids, then you will be in for a sho
The huge crowds that gather and the beautiful church proclaim to the world that Our Lady of the Rosary is indeed unassailable. That is what assures the pilgrims wh
The church on the hillock by the seashore is indeed a feast for the eyes and the beautiful structures around it will definitely catch your attention. See the statu
But deep within they heard
The star will lead them to The Way
Born in a manger in far away land.
They kept the gifts safe in their bags
The only building that can symbolize the traveler God is a pilgrim community which constantly needs to contextualize itself. It cannot have static dogmas, rituals,
Visited by an annual average of four million pilgrims from more than eighty countries around the world wearing badges showing the name of their town and a number i
Saint Ignatius of Loyola puts it very beautifully in his classic the Spiritual Exercises where he speaks of the Trinity looking down on the Earth and finds the hum
From the Castle of Xavier to the Casket of Goa The man who was ready to go anywhere to straighten the crooked And to purify the minds poisoned by the p
An early church on this site was used by Muslim villagers for their livestock before the Franciscans recovered it in the 17th century. The Franciscans built the pr
This article comes with a statutory warning. It is not sugar coated and does not seek to convince those who romanticize or over spiritualize such a pilgrimage. So
The Lake of Galilee also called the Lake Tiberius (named after the city that was built by Herod Antipas after his patron the Roman Emperor) is twenty one kilometre
Cross is the most hallowed symbol of Christianity and its proliferation definitely gives Goa a Christian aura and since this tiniest state was under the major Cath
Machaerus which means “black fortress” was one of a series of hilltop strongholds established by Herod the great, the father of Herod Antipas. Built along the
Madaba which means ‘calmly moving water’ in Aramaic is located about thirty kilometres south west from the capital city of Amman. In the Bible, Madaba, a Moabi
Those who mourn will be comforted, Jesus assures us from the top of the Beatitude Mountain, and think of the thousands who have gone on pilgrimage crying and with
On the first Sunday of February people of all faiths flock to this graceful mother invoking her name for the pressing needs and touching moments of their life beli
The Mother of the Forsaken at Khambholaj does not leave out anybody from her loving fold and as parish-priest Father Lawrence Arul Das testifies, “Here people fr
