Travel & Pilgrimage

Cosima Clara Gillhammer is a Career Development Fellow at Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford. She teaches English Literature and writes about literature, culture, and liturgy in medieval England

Cardinal Zuppi is often identified with the Church's more progressive wing while Cardinal Burke is seen as a leading defender of traditional doctrine. Yet, within the parameters of the pilgrimage, both men appeared united in common prayer, offering a visible sign of fraternity amid divisions that have marked the post-'Traditionis Custodes' era

With lavishly-endowed basilicas, coach loads of tourists and pilgrims swarming around the saint's tomb, Assisi is in many ways a money-making machine that any modern pilgrim site tends to be nowadays

'I would like to visit the Marian shrine of Caacupé, which Pope Francis declared a minor basilica after he said Mass there in 2015. Our Lady is revered there as "Our Lady of Miracles" following several inexplicable healings at her intercession. The shrine is one of the most popular and important pilgrimage destinations in South America'

The intention of the pilgrimage has remained the same over the years: the conversion of England

The great period of Burgundian church building commenced in the late 10th century and lasted until the end of the 12th century