Pilgrimage

Italian granny, 95, WALKS astonishing 1,000km from her home to Jasna Góra

Incredible Emma Morosini told the Catholic Information Agency that the 1,00km trip was the latest in a series of pilgrimages she had decided to take at the age of 70 after being cured of a deadly illness. JasnaGoraNews/Twitter

Intrepid Emma Morosini said she had set off from her home by Lake Garda in the north of Italy to make the solo pilgrimage after being ‘called’ by the Virgin Mary.

Orthodox ceremonies held at Grabarka shrine

The Transfiguration of Christ, one of the Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church, was celebrated on Monday on the Holy Mount of Grabarka, eastern Poland, the traditional pilgrimage centre for Orthodox Christians in the country.

John Paul II awoke solidarity, desire for freedom in Poles - PM

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said in Poland's northern city of Gdańsk on Monday that the first pilgrimage to Poland by Pope John Paul II awoke solidarity and a desire for freedom in the Polish people.

1983: Pilgrimage of hope – the Pope in communist Poland under martial law

On June 16-23, 1983, the seemingly impossible happened. With Poland reeling from the imposition of martial law, Pope John Paul II visited for the second time after being chosen as the leader of the Catholic church.

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