Bus crash in Croatia leaves 12 Polish pilgrims dead, 32 injured
Varazdin, Croatia Reuters Twelve people were killed in Croatia on Saturday when a Polish bus filled with religious pilgrims slipped off a road and crashed near Varazdin, authorities said. Thirty-two people were injured in the crash which happened at 5:40am on the highway between Varazdin, in north-west Croatia, and capital Zagreb. Rescuers work as a […]
Pilgrim economics: Camino travellers help rural Spain’s emptying villages survive
GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, of Associated Press, reports on how pilgrims are saving dozens of small villages from disappearing…
Postcards: Spain’s Rocío pilgrimage party returns after COVID hiatus
JOAN MATEU PARRA, of Associated Press, reports on the return of a “riotously colourful and ancient festival” in southern Andalucía…
Woman named sexton of historic Boston church for first time
Boston, USAP The thousands of tourists who visit Boston’s Old North Church in the US probably won’t see much of Chelsea Millsap on their trip, even though she may just have the most important job at the historic site. Millsap, 32, who can trace her ancestry to the Pilgrims, is the first woman named sexton […]
International pilgrims to be among those at Uganda’s Martyrs’ Day commemorations for first time in two years
Kampala, Uganda The Ugandan Government has allowed international pilgrims to attend this year’s Martyrs’ Day commemorations on 3rd June after their involvement was barred for the past two years due to COVID-19. At a press conference held in Kampala on Wednesday, Catholic Bishop Robert Muhiirwa, vice-chairman of the Uganda Episcopal Conference, said that the Ugandan Ministry […]
Nineteen dead, 32 injured in Mexico pilgrimage bus crash
Mexico City, MexicoAP Nineteen people died and 32 more were injured after a bus apparently carrying pilgrims to a religious site in central Mexico crashed on Friday. State officials said the bus apparently lost its brakes and slammed into a building in the state of Mexico. Government personnel work at a scene where at least […]
My Mission: Serving pilgrims along ‘The Way’
Stephan and Ally Barnreuther talk to SAMANTHA ELLEY about their ministry on the famous European pilgrim route, the Camino de Santiago…
In Brazil, Catholic pilgrims defy COVID to celebrate saint
Aparecida, Brazil AP Tens of thousands of worshippers braved the pandemic to make a pilgrimage to the vast Aparecida basilica in the interior of Sao Paulo state, some traveling on foot for days to reach Tuesday’s celebration of the nation’s patron saint, Our Lady of Aparecida. On a normal year, the cathedral can welcome up […]
Ancient walkways: Pilgrims return to Spain’s ‘El Camino’ paths after pandemic
JOSEPH WILSON and IAIN SULLIVAN, of Associated Press, report on the return of pilgrims to one of Europe’s most famous ancient walkways…
Graffiti or homage? Hi-tech imaging sheds light on Holy Sepulchre wall crosses
Jerusalem, IsraelReuters Crosses etched in mysterious abundance across the walls of Christianity’s most sacred church were long assumed to be graffiti, but they may be the work of mediaeval masons paid to carve them by pilgrims, research suggests. Revered in Christian tradition as the site of Jesus’s crucifixion and burial, Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy […]