Marking another in a series of recent surprise public appearances, Pope Francis on Sunday briefly greeted thousands of ...

FOR centuries, pilgrims came to Assisi to walk in the footsteps of a saint who preached to birds, embraced poverty and ...

Second Peter chapter 1 exhorts us to “make every effort to confirm your calling”(v. 10a NIV). It seems odd that Peter would write this to people who were in the very early stage of an exciting new ...

Among the wilderness, there are places for contemplation, if one knows where to look: park benches, lonely taverne, C-list baroque churches bereft of any Carravaggios or Berninis. In search of a place ...

A new discovery on the Isle of Skye in Scotland has revealed an unusually detailed window into the Middle Jurassic, a period ...

From a stormy morning in the Indian city of Jaipur to an evening with gentle orangutans in Indonesian Borneo, six Explore ...

The problem was also the ultimate sign of success for the day’s Pilgrimage of Hope, which brought people through the streets ...

Brett Hendrickson, Lafayette College For decades, the people of northern New Mexico have marked the Christian observance of Good Friday with a walking pilgrimage to the Santuario de Chimayó in the ...

For centuries, pilgrims came to Assisi to walk in the footsteps of a saint who preached to birds, embraced poverty and ...

My grandmother, Annig Abroyan, was born in AfyonKaraHisar sometime around 1900. She didn’t know the exact date—or even the ...

From the reignited decades-old dispute over who controls the Mahabodhi temple in Gaya to Prime Minister Modi's recent visit ...

“Today’s pilgrims may not be religious ... resuming my rhythm and venturing deeper into the Golden Valley. My wet footsteps carry me past countless bleating sheep and towards the increasingly ...