More than 1 million pilgrims travel each year to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. Known for its size and giant mosaic of Jesus, the basilica leaves its hundreds of thousands of pilgrims in awe every year. The largest Catholic basilica in the United States stands at 237 … Read More
A Pilgrim’s Experience of France: Side Chapel Treasuries
y first encounter with a French Cathedral was indeed an overwhelming one. No amount of photographic or architectural study could have sufficiently prepared me for the drop in temperature that sent sacred sense shivering across my skin as I entered through the gaping arch left by the enormous plank of wood I had just hauled … Read More