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Travel with a purpose: 5 meaningful locales to consider this summer

Jun 3, 2015

The Vatican and the Holy Land might be the first two destinations that come to mind when you consider faith-based travel. Dig a little deeper, however, and you’ll find memorable pilgrimages to all corners of Europe — and even Ethiopia. It’s hard not to gain inspiration from St. Paul, who

By Crux Staff

A church, for now, becomes a mosque

May 7, 2015

VENICE, Italy — The 18th-century novelist William Beckford wrote that he couldn’t help thinking of this city’s most beloved sight, St. Mark’s Basilica, as a mosque, with its “pinnacles and semicircular arches” all “so oriental in appearance.” But despite the profound stamp that Islamic culture has left on Venice’s art

By nyt

In Italy, plans for an Easter blessing yield a lawsuit for a public school

Mar 24, 2015

BOLOGNA, Italy — The 16 board members of Giosuè Carducci Elementary School took their seats, chatting amicably, until the agenda turned to Easter. The board had agreed to let a Roman Catholic priest offer a blessing at their public school. Now the questions involved setting the date and whether to

By nyt

Pope to meet LGBT and HIV prisoners on visit to Naples
- Mar 20, 2015
POMPEII — Pope Francis will pay a one-day visit to one of Italy’s most dangerous cities Saturday, meeting with the sick, youth, victims of organized crime, and lunching with a group of prisoners that will include transgender and gay prisoners as well as people with HIV. A five-minute walk through

By Inés San Martín
Are US bishops really resisting Pope Francis?
- Dec 6, 2014
Now that Pope Francis has confirmed his trip to the United States next September, heading to Philadelphia for a Vatican-sponsored meeting of families and probably also to New York and Washington, American media outlets are already beginning to gear up for saturation coverage. One narrative seems destined to loom steadily

By John L. Allen Jr.
Pope Francis to venerate famed Shroud of Turin
- Nov 5, 2014
ROME — Walking in the footsteps of both Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI, Pope Francis will travel to the Italian city of Turin on June 21 to venerate its famous shroud, traditionally regarded as the burial cloth of Jesus Christ. The shroud will be placed on display in

By Inés San Martín