Author and scholar George Weigel says his newly-released book offers readers the opportunity experience a centuries-old Lenten practice from Rome in their households across the globe. Weigel called ...

As the Eternal City wakes, the pilgrim walks the ancient streets in quiet prayer, rosary in hand, and soon is joined along the way by others traversing the same path. The destination — early morning ...

ROME – Food and faith always have been intertwined in Catholicism. The Church’s central act of devotion, after all, is a meal – the sacrament of the Eucharist – and the cultures in which it’s taken ...

In the new book Roman Pilgrimage, written with Elizabeth Lev and Stephen Weigel, George Weigel, biographer of Pope John Paul II — who is to be canonized this April — opens with a quote from the late ...

For pilgrims in Rome, Ash Wednesday marked not only the start of the Church's Lenten season, but also a traditional Lenten pilgrimage that helps offer a more spiritual outlook on the journey toward ...

Each Lenten season, Christians travel to Rome to visit a different martyr's shrine each day. The pilgrim-worn path, which dates back to the dawn... 54 Days In The Eternal City: A Christian 'Pilgrimage ...

A pilgrimage is an important practice in many religious traditions. Weigel, popular Catholic author (The Courage to be Catholic) and senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, traces an ...

Each year, millions of people from different faiths make religious journeys. They travel far, to Mecca, Jerusalem, the Ganges River or Lourdes, France, to walk the paths of prophets, saints and ...

Rome loves twins: it worshipped twin gods; it was founded by twin brothers; the seeds of its Christian rebirth were planted by twin martyrs. In the Basilica of Sts. Cosmas and Damian, the ancient ...

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Each year, millions of people from different faiths make religious journeys. They travel far, to Mecca, Jerusalem, the Ganges River or Lourdes, France, to walk the paths of prophets, saints and ...