These sites each have a unique history and hold significance in their local region, helping Catholics to encounter God in new ...

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As of 2024, All About Mary is no longer being updated with new content ... Since Pope Boniface VIII instituted the first Holy Year in 1300, pilgrimage has been a part of the Holy Year observance. The ...

Prof. Streit is Assistant Professor of Islamic & Medieval Art, College of Charleston, South Carolina. Prof. Jenkins is Chair of Sociology and Co-Director of the William & Mary Institute for Pilgrimage ...

It became a Christian pilgrimage site when, in 1858, Bernadette Soubirous, a young local girl, was said to have seen the Virgin Mary at Lourdes and her friend was thought to have been healed in ...

which have been shared on various websites devoted to the Medjugorje pilgrimage. The sheer number of repetitive messages ...

Pozo said he’s been involved with the horseback pilgrimage, which is in its 13th year, since the beginning. If someone doesn’t have a specific petition to bring before Mary, feast celebrations ...

Lourdes has been an important pilgrimage site since 1858 when a 14-year-old girl named Bernadette Soubirous claimed to see a vision of the Virgin Mary. After the vision of Mary appeared ...

A group of U.S. pilgrims who crossed the threshold of the Holy Door at the Basilica of St. Mary Major Feb. 6 have traveled ...

Situated in the hills and forests in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains, the site’s most prominent building is the St Mary’ Basilica. The basilica was the first building to be built with the ...