Pilgrims

Eight hundred years after his death, the bones of St. Francis of Assisi have been placed on public display for the first extended public viewing in history, drawing hundreds of …

“I’m just very careful. We have to be realistic because we’ve learned that this country is never going to have a good, steady, peaceful time.”

For Pope Leo’s first audience, more than 1,800 came, and since then pilgrims have continued to come in larger numbers than ever.”

While the last of the Holy Doors in the city was closing, “the gate” of God’s mercy will never be shut, Pope Leo said before shutting the door.

“Today we celebrate the Epiphany of the Lord, aware that in his presence nothing stays the same.”

“This cathedral, like the entire church, is always a mixture, a union of things of God and things of humanity, the Holy Spirit.”

“Those who could not go to Rome for the pilgrimage have at least come here and expressed their desire” to celebrate the special jubilee time, said the pastor.

Isabel Gonzalez said she learned about Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati several years ago. “Getting to know him, I found a friend.”

In light of protests following the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, leaders called for an increase in the number of Catholics participating to witness to Christ with their presence

The Pilgrim Passport is “a tangible way for the faithful to mark their journey and embrace the grace of this Holy Year,” said rector of shrine near Milwaukee.