pilgrimage site
Tourists search for Mount Sinai in Saudi Arabia – but does a geographical location for pivotal Bible event even exist?
By Jacob F. Love — July 31, 2023
(The Conversation) — A scholar of the Hebrew Bible argues that very little is known about the location of Mount Sinai, and it is likely that it was once part of a foundational legend.
The world’s largest Muslim pilgrimage site? Not Mecca, but the Shiite shrine in Karbala
By Edith Szanto — September 9, 2020
(The Conversation) — At Ashoura, Shiites mourn the death of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson Hussain.
Decades-old Hindu pilgrimage, aided by Modi government, takes a populist turn
By Kalpana Jain — September 23, 2019
VARANASI, India (RNS) — Religious fervor, supported and aided by India’s right-wing Modi government, is on the rise among some blocs of millennials in India.
Pope Francis of Assisi? A pontiff boosts the birthplace of a saint
By Josephine McKenna — September 15, 2016
ASSISI, Italy (RNS) When the pontiff visits this Umbrian hilltown next week it will mark the third time in less than four years -- and locals couldn't be happier.
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