Travel & Pilgrimage

Music for the Masses: The process of writing music to draw out and illuminate the sacred text

when the church chooses to renew its historic position as a patron of the arts by commissioning new sacred music for the liturgy, a composer...

Who was the so-called 'poet of the locusts' and chronicler of devastation behind the Book of Joel?

we know very little about joel, the son of petuel. since there are no chronological indications in his writings, scholars have great difficu...

Fr Francesco Patton

With UEFA Championship about to kickoff, Spain and Croatia remind us that sport isn't severed from Catholicism entirely

the 2024 uefa european championships will kick off on 14 june. taking place in germany, the month-long tournament will feature 24 teams from...

AnthonyRodrigues

How the breathtaking, awe-inspiring power and sheer wildness of the sea connects us to our Faith

last summer, i moved to salthill in galway, on the western coast of ireland, and am blessed to live a minute away from the atlantic ocean. i...

Taking stock of the thuribles and ‘accidents of grace’ that descended on central London

after an unusually cold and dark start to the weekend in london, the sunday of 2 june proved welcomingly warm and sunny. the favourable turn...

Robert Stephenson Padron

Pilgrimage to Chartres: Tens of thousands travel to celebrate the Traditional Latin Mass

over the recent whitsun weekend i, along with more than 20,000 other pilgrims, descended upon the city of chartres, in a walking pilgrimage ...

Hervé’s Way: The story of a one-legged pilgrim

it’s early in the morning. the clouds are low, there’s a chill in the air, the birds are singing. i’m walking out of the tuscan town of sarz...

Canadian cardinal close to Pope free of wrongdoing, finds Canonical inquiry

rome – after an anonymous allegation arose against close papal aide cardinal gérald c. lacroix of québec earlier this year, a preliminary ca...

Tales of Walsingham: a pilgrim reflects on journeying to England's 'Nazareth'

whan that aprille with his shoures soote, the droghte of march hath perced to the roote… thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages . ( when&...

Christians in Mozambique praying for peace as attacks grow 'more severe'

yaoundé, cameroon – violence has escalated in recent days in cabo delgado in mozambique, with the director of the denis hurley peace institu...

Ngala Chimton / Crux