pilgrimage

Pilgrims in Rome | Photo by Chris Czermak on Unsplash

Restless Hearts Fixed on God

I spend my last night of my pilgrimage to Italy on the balcony of my hotel room drinking wine and looking up at a heavy sky.

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Finding God On the Road

One morning, we began walking at around 7:30. My body felt good, and I was walking at a fairly quick clip. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, a couple of pilgrims took the inside of a sharp curve and blew right ...
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Assisi at dusk | Photo by Sara Bertoni on Unsplash

An Armchair Pilgrimage to Assisi

Spending time in Assisi—if only in our minds—can bring us closer to Saints Francis and Clare.
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A guide for pilgrims in Portugal heading to the Shrine of Fatima and the country's Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route is seen Feb. 8, 2023, in Lisbon. (OSV News photo/Michael Althaus, KNA)

Spain’s famed Camino wraps up the year with a record half million pilgrims

The boom in the number of pilgrims on Spain's famous El Camino de Santiago, or the Way of St. James, hit a new record of almost half a million last year. Among them were 38,000 Americans.
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Faith and Family: The Many Faces of Pilgrimage 

Sometimes, we have to travel to places on our own. Those can be real-life destinations or they can be journeys inward.
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A basilica in Assisi, Italy, at night with stars

Assisi Nights

I thought my pilgrimage to Assisi would be aimed toward solitude, silence, and stillness. But I was surprised to find that the healing and peace I found came through people and conversations
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A pilgrim stands on a mountain on Sept. 4, 2023, and looks into the vastness of the Galician landscape during his hike on the "Camino Primitivo" (one of the paths of the Camino de Santiago) in Spain. (OSV News photo/Jörg Meyrer, KNA)

Camino De Santiago Visited by Record Number of Americans in 2023

U.S. pilgrims made up the largest international group walking the famous Camino to Santiago de Compostela, Spain, in 2023. The Camino de Santiago, or Way of St. James, welcomed over 32,000 American visitors in a record year for the ancient ...
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