Senegal: Closing of the 2022 Synodality Pilgrimage

Three hundred and fifty Catholic faithful from Senegal were on pilgrimage from August 24 to September 13, 2022 in the Holy Land, in Rome and then in Lourdes. Organized by the National Interdiocesan Committee for Catholic Pilgrimages (Cinpec), this international pilgrimage to the holy places of Christianity was “a great moment of formation lived in … Read more

DIARY OF A PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOLY LAND / 7. Holy Sepulcher, emptiness is a friend

It will be difficult for the pilgrim – as long as he wants to do it – to forget that slab of virgin rock that protrudes almost two spans from the floor in the basilica of the Agony, at Gethsemani. It is a rock which, although cold, is boiling: it is the place where Christ … Read more

The European Youth Pilgrimage, a “clear” test for the papal delegate of a generation “that does not resign”

Cardinal Augusto dos Santos Marto avoids confirming a possible visit by Pope Francis to Santiago de Compostela on the occasion of the Jacobean Year Cardinal António Augusto dos Santos Marto, Pope Francis’s special envoy for the European Youth Pilgrimage 2022, considers these days a “clear signal” that there is a new generation that “brings restlessness” … Read more

The parish church of Pegognaga dedicated to the Holy Spirit. The bishop: I hope it will become a pilgrimage destination

The interior of the new parish church with the natural brightness of the high altar PEGOGNAGA – Pegognaga from a former agricultural town to a land of spiritual light?The dedication to the Holy Spirit of the new parish church would seem to indicate the surprising implication.Last Saturday in the Matildic parish church of San Lorenzo … Read more