Prepping us for the eight days ahead, the Jesuit leading our pilgrimage to the Holy Land said our time together would be less like a tour and more like a spiritual retreat. As it unfolded for me, it ...

Presenter: James Martin, S.J. Encounter Jesus in a new way. Father Martin offers fascinating details about the "historical Jesus," the real-life man who walked the earth in first-century Palestine, ...

The inscribed property is situated 10 km south of Jerusalem on the site identified by Christian tradition as the birthplace of Jesus since the 2nd century. A church was first completed there in ad 339 ...

From the vigil of Pentecost through the end of the National Eucharist Congress, I had the privilege of a lifetime: to accompany Jesus together with a small group of intrepid young adults, complemented ...

The Seton Route of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage reached the midpoint of its 65-day trek exactly one month before the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis. That was a fitting occasion ...

A number of the world’s great religions encourage their followers to make a pilgrimage at some time in their lives. Whether a pilgrimage involves travel to a far-off holy place or a nearby weekend ...

With school uniforms pressed, matching hair ribbons, and hands folded in prayer, hundreds of school children from the Diocese of Trenton, New Jersey, greeted the most special guest imaginable: Jesus ...

With the current war in Israel resulting in the cancellation of many planned tours and pilgrimages to the Holy Land, the Magdala Tourist Center in the biblical town of Magdala is offering a "virtual ...

In the Annunciation, Mary becomes the new mercy seat, the throne where God comes to dwell with His people. Her womb is the first throne of the Son of God in this world. Then, by the wondrous exchange ...

A writer’s Easter pilgrimage, from Jordan to Jamaica, to find a multiethnic image of Christ. By Eric V. Copage Close your eyes and imagine that Jesus is in front of you. Is the man kneeling in prayer ...