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11: Connecting with a superstar among saints

Francesco di Bernardone was in many ways the prototype hippie, in the best sense of the word. He opted out […]

JANUARY 2005 Following an apostolic visitation to the diocese of Eshowe, the Vatican rules that controversial Sr Priscilla Dlamini remain

Reviewed by Gunther Simmermacher Produced by Italian TV station RAI, the first two DVDs in this animated series for children

In bygone eras, pilgrims to the Holy Land would arrive at the bustling, colourful port of Jaffa (at least if

When the author Mark Twain made his pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1869, he found Nazareth “wonderfully interesting because

The advent of Jesus’ public ministry arguably was his baptism by his relative John, the itinerant preacher of a new

Tabgha, at the foot of the Mount of Beatitudes, is one of those sites that reminds us that Jesus� concerns

A Holy Land pilgrimage is a transforming experience. This is not necessarily evident externally, but few pilgrims come home without

One makes many new friends on a pilgrimage. As one shares a profound spiritual journey with others, one becomes close