Discover Malta as a Pauline pilgrimage site through Saint Paul’s shipwreck, the Acts of the Apostles, and contemporary Mediterranean pilgrimage.
Aerial view of the statue of St. Paul in Malta Karina Movsesyan - Shutterstock
Old church with bell tower in Quincy, Illinois Sabrina Janelle Gordon - Shutterstock
Explore how the United States is beginning to build its own pilgrimage culture through saints, shrines, and sacred roads still waiting to be walked
Signage for the Maritime Way of St. James, Fort Saint Angel, Malta tolobalaguer.com - Shutterstock
Since 2023, the Way of Saint James goes through Malta. Historical evidence shows the route is the same one that pilgrims used on their way to the Holy Land.
Tomb of the Apostle James the Great in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, Spain MaxMaximovPhotography - Shutterstock
Explore what is known about the relics venerated in Santiago de Compostela and why their identity remains an open question for history and faith
Signage for pilgrims on the Shikoku Henro Brester Irina - Shutterstock
Discover Japanese junrei, a pilgrimage tradition shaped by temples, seals, ritual gestures, hospitality, and an ethic of attention on the road
Fra Angelico (ca 1400) - Part of a Predella, The Meeting of St. Francis and St. Dominic Public Domain
Discover the meeting of Saint Francis and Saint Dominic in Rome and how their orders transformed preaching, poverty, and medieval pilgrimage.
Grave of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi. Eastern poet and religious scholar Nurlan Mammadzada - Shutterstock
Discover Rumi’s Mausoleum in Konya, the heart of the Mevlâna Museum and a landmark of Sufi heritage, Persian poetry, and the Whirling Dervishes
Apparition hill Podbrdo of the Virgin Mary Ivan Smuk - Shutterstock
Discover Medjugorje, a major Marian pilgrimage site shaped by prayer, peace, conversion, and the Vatican’s 2024 nihil obstat recognizing its spiritual fruits
Taoist temple carved in rock with large vistas of space below in Henshan Bei Greir - Shutterstock
Explore China’s Five Sacred Mountains, a pilgrimage landscape where Daoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism read the cosmos through stone, altitude, and ascent