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A Pilgrim’s Pause in Montefalco

[fusion_text] They had grown accustomed to the sound of bells. For days, the small group of pilgrims had moved through Umbria’s hill towns, stepping from cool stone chapels into sunlit ...

A Day Above Rome: Discovering Castel Gandolfo

There is a moment—about forty minutes outside of Rome—when the noise of the city finally falls away. The road begins to climb, the air cools, and suddenly Lake Albano appears ...

Converted by Mercy: On Pilgrimage with St. Angela of Foligno

One of the most quietly powerful moments of our March 2026 pilgrimage with Inside the Vatican Pilgrimages will take place just beyond Assisi, in the Umbrian town of Foligno. There, ...

Standing Where Silence Speaks: Assisi and the Bones of St. Francis

There are places where time feels thin. Assisi is one of them. You feel it as the road curls upward through olive groves and stone walls, as the pink-hued buildings ...

Following St. Joseph Through the Streets of Rome

A Feast Day of Faith, Family, and Quiet Strength On March 19, St. Joseph’s feast day spills out of churches and into kitchens, piazzas, and narrow streets worn smooth by ...

The Famous Apparitions in Garabandal, Spain

The Famous Apparitions in Garabandal, Spain In the small village of Garabandal, nestled in the picturesque mountains of northern Spain, a series of extraordinary events unfolded in the 1960s that ...