Many travelers make pilgrimages to holy places or a path or “way,” such as the Way of St. James in Spain. It’s more commonly ...

As they faced difficult challenges that many might consider hopeless both in their native country and in their adopted ...

O’Connor initially captured their attention with her words, but this traveling sisterhood hoped they’d uncover something far ...

Millions of faithful descend on Mexico City each year, at first by bike or by foot and then often crawling on their knees in ...

In 1987, about eight years after he came to the United States from Poland, Marek Predki and six other people decided to bring a Polish tradition to their new country by embarking on a pilgrimage from ...

In August, I was sitting at the kitchen table with my 6-year-old and I began to explain to him that the family was going to ...

The “invisible” wounds of war are at the heart of the eighth-annual Warriors to Lourdes pilgrimage, taking place May 10-16 during the 62nd International Military Pilgrimage at the shrine in ...

At the start of Mass Sunday at one of the launch sites of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, Bishop Andrew Cozzens remarked that although he had his hiking shoes on, the journey ahead would need ...

Anthropologist Samuel Shuman and Yiddish linguist Chaya Nove recently conducted a unique sort of joint fieldwork: they ...

So many significant moments in my spiritual life are tied to sights, smells, sounds and emotions felt on a pilgrimage: The deep sigh after walking all the way up from the train stop to the Basilica of ...

Never knew Tequila was a real place? That makes two of us. Despite this globetrotter’s passion for spirits and the magnificent landscapes they’re born of—perhaps the best long-form travel piece I’ve ...

“Wstawaj kolego, idziemy,” the man said to a younger boy, who was resting his head on his hand with his eyes closed. Translated into English, “wake up, friend, we’re headed out,” the man gently ...