A Vatican committee has unanimously voted to send the sainthood cause of Father Augustus Tolton, a former runaway slave and the first African American priest in the United States, to the next stage. Tolton was born into slavery in Monroe County, Missouri in 1854 and escaped to Quincy, Illinois with his family during the Civil […]
Brazil is a fulfilling destination for group travelers because the country has an array of different beliefs due to the diversity there. A recent poll revealed that around 90 percent of the Brazilian population is affiliated with religion, this makes the country more disposed toward religion than any other country in South America. Only 1 […]
For thousands of years, travelers have been venturing overland on pilgrimages in order to attain spiritual enlightenment or to heal mind and spirit. Their routes have been engrained in ancient history and many of them are still in use today. With the advent of technology, it can be difficult to unplug from the chaos of […]
Rome, Italy, Jan 14, 2019 / 01:42 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- After several weeks of confusion, the mayor of Rome has clarified that coins scooped from the famous Trevi Fountain will not be used to pay for city council maintenance projects, but instead will continue to go to Caritas, a Catholic charity that helps Rome’s poor […]
One of the central elements in the Epiphany story is the star. There are numerous theories as to what exactly it was. It may not have been a star at all, but Jupiter or Saturn, which are said to have come quite close to Earth around the year 6 B.C. I thought of that the […]