pilgrims
The increasingly perilous lot of the pilgrim shows us all the path on climate
By Marqus Cole — September 22, 2023
(RNS) — People of faith can help bend the curve on emissions.
Pope announces World Youth Day to return to Asia in 2027, urges young people ‘not to be afraid’
By Helena Alves, Barry Hatton, and Nicole Winfield — August 7, 2023
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — News that Seoul, South Korea would host World Youth Day in 2027 was a reflection of the continent's increasing importance to the Catholic Church, given the church is young and growing there, whereas it is withering in traditionally Christian lands in Europe.
In ‘Stealing My Religion,’ Liz Bucar takes on murky forms of appropriation
By Kathryn Post — November 18, 2022
(RNS) — Bucar invites readers to 'interrogate the stance that we are entitled to take religious practices from others for our own needs.'
She was an early church deacon. Catholic women now want to reclaim her example.
By Yonat Shimron — September 2, 2022
(RNS) — On Saturday (Sept. 3), 56 pilgrims from four countries will gather in Mexico City to celebrate St. Phoebe’s feast day and consider how they might urge the church to reclaim the diaconate for women.
Camino pilgrims help rural Spain’s emptying villages survive
By Giovanna Dell'orto — June 21, 2022
TERRADILLOS DE LOS TEMPLARIOS, Spain (AP) — Terradillos de los Templarios, and dozens of villages like it, were built to host medieval pilgrims. Today’s Camino travelers are saving them from disappearing.
Saudi Arabia prepares for the annual Muslim hajj pilgrimage
By Yonat Shimron — August 18, 2018
MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Over 2 million Muslims from abroad and inside the kingdom will be taking part in this year's hajj.
Who are you calling a Puritan?
By Kimberly Winston — November 21, 2017
(RNS) — Quick — what's the difference between a Puritan and a Pilgrim? Did either of them actually 'land' at Plymouth Rock? And who sat down for the original Thanksgiving?
More than 13 million gather in Karbala for Arbaeen
By Jerome Socolovsky — November 10, 2017
BAGHDAD (AP) — The Shiite holiday marks the end of the mourning period for the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad's grandson and a central figure in Shiite Islam.
At least 6 Hindu pilgrims killed in militant attack in Indian Kashmir
By Fayaz Bukhari — July 10, 2017
(Reuters) — The attack is likely to raise the ire of hard-line Hindu groups tied to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party who have long sought tough action against militants fighting Indian rule in Muslim-majority Kashmir.
Thanksgiving is a Jewish holiday
By Jeffrey Salkin — November 23, 2016
Who invented Thanksgiving? A famous Jewish doctor in medieval Egypt. Seriously.
The ‘Splainer: Why should we give thanks?
By Kimberly Winston — November 24, 2015
(RNS) If the conversation around the turkey starts to get a little heated, think on this: The impulse to give thanks is good for body and soul. Let us 'Splain ...
Middle Eastern virus may mar hajj pilgrimage
By Omar Sacirbey — October 8, 2013
(RNS) This year’s hajj challenge is the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus, which was first reported in Saudi Arabia last year.
‘The American Bible’ collects the texts that We the People love to fight about
By Daniel Burke — July 3, 2012
(RNS) There are certain speeches, songs, books, letters, laws, and axioms that Americans appreciate enough to argue about, says religion scholar Stephen Prothero. By Daniel Burke.
Pope to find mixed political messages in Mexico trip
By Tracy Gordon — March 22, 2012
SILAD, Mexico (RNS) Times have changed to such a degree in Mexico that politicians now seek out the pope and prelates for support. Even so, the hostility of some in Mexico City shows how far the relationship has yet to go between Mexico and the Catholic Church. By David Agren.
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