Sacred Rome Encountered Through St John Lateran and the Scala Santa
Before dawn, Rome belongs to the pilgrims. The streets are still wet from the night's rain. Delivery trucks rumble through narrow alleys while the scent [...]
Before dawn, Rome belongs to the pilgrims. The streets are still wet from the night's rain. Delivery trucks rumble through narrow alleys while the scent [...]
Rome has a way of whispering to the soul. Its cobblestone streets carry centuries of prayers, triumphs, heartbreaks, and miracles. Pilgrims come searching [...]
You wake before the city does. Rome is still quiet—just a faint glow brushing the tops of terracotta rooftops, the distant murmur of a fountain [...]
Assisi rises from the Umbrian hillside like a vision carved from pale stone. Long before you reach its gates, you see the town shining in [...]
There are moments in the life of faith that remain with you forever. Standing in St. Peter’s Square on Easter morning is one of them. [...]
Every Easter, pilgrims from around the world journey to Rome to celebrate the Resurrection at the heart of the Catholic Church. For Easter 2026, Inside [...]
The morning begins in Rome with a clarity that seems particular to the days after Easter. The great solemnities have been celebrated, the alleluias have [...]
There are places in the world where the Gospel seems to echo more clearly—where stone, silence, and chant join together in prayer. For Easter 2026, [...]
In June 2026, Inside the Vatican Pilgrimages will lead a rare and contemplatively structured pilgrimage to the 15th-century Franciscan monastery on the island of Badija. [...]
There are pilgrimages… and then there are pilgrimages inside the walls of the smallest sovereign nation on earth. Imagine waking each morning within Vatican City [...]