Pilgrim

Iraqi Airways to resume Iran flights in October after securing US exemption

The announcement follows Reuters reporting on Monday that the Trump administration was set to grant a one-month US Treasury waiver allowing Iraqi Airways to fly between Iran and Najaf.

Iraqi Airways aircraft are parked at the gates at Baghdad airport on February 20, 2025; Illustrative.
Jewish men in the street during Tikkun HaKlali near the tomb of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov in Uman, on eve of the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah, September 22, 2025.

Russia spreads AI fakes claiming Jews are being paid to settle in Ukraine

Pilgrims in Jerusalem

The way to Jerusalem: A modern-day pilgrimage in the land’s ‘diverse embrace’

Remains of building believed to be a caravansai (inn) at the previously lost city of Asila in Egypt, August 28, 2026.

Egypt unearths Mamluk-era pilgrim’s inn belonging to lost city along historic Sinai trade route


Philippine rebels kill most wanted Islamist militant in country

The rebels are waiting for government to set up a new Muslim autonomous government in the south.

Abdul Basit Usman

March of the Living to focus on post-survivor period

2015 marks the twenty seventh March of the Living, in which students from more than forty five countries around the globe make a pilgrimage to some of Europe's most infamous concentration camps.

A large tent errected ahead of an anniversary ceremony is seen at the former German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau

Pilgrims’ progress

Two institutions, the unusual French baron who built them, and the extraordinary people running them.

The view from the Notre Dame de Jerusalem Center rooftop.

Terra Incognita: The neo-pilgrim of Palestine

The modern pilgrim to the Middle East carves out a pilgrimage trail – in order to present the story of Palestinians to the western world.

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Spring time in Ein Karem by the spring

The charming village is an orchard studded with historic churches, picturesque houses, quaint restaurants.

Art gallery in Ein Kerem

God’s role in the peace process

Religious leaders can forge the way towards mutual respect for "the other."

Archbishop Dolan outside Bethlehem's version of Starbucks

Millions converge on Mecca

Around 3 million Muslim pilgrims from the world over perform haj on last day of the pilgrimage, celebrated with the Id al-Adha holiday.

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A peace of Vatican in the center of Jerusalem

Notre Dame cathedral is the right place for pilgrims who cannot subsist solely on spiritual sustenance and architectural delights.

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