Where do Catholics go for their pilgrimage?

Catholics go to the sites of miracles for their pilgrimages. I just completed a pilgrimage to The Infant Jesus of Prague at the Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady Victorious in Prague, Czech Republic, to pray for my brother who has cancer. Also on my list are Lourdes, Camino de Santiago de Compestela, and St. Joseph’s Staircase. read more

A pilgrimage, quite simply, is starting in one place and ending in another place for spiritual reasons. Pilgrimages are as old as the Church; Saint James of Compostella in northwest Spain is the oldest continuous destination for a pilgrimage. read more

If one checks the online Catholic Encyclopedia, he can find listed one hundred or so Catholic pilgrimage sites around the world. Fisheaters has a much smaller list of popular pilgrimage sites in their excellent article on the subject (under “pilgrimage today”). read more