Pilgrimage Destinations

Aachen

Germany • Europe

Aachen Cathedral houses four great relics and hosts the Heiligtumsfahrt pilgrimage every seven years since 1349, attracting faithful to venerate treasures collected by Charlemagne.

Absam

Austria • Europe

Tyrol's most important Marian shrine, where a miraculous image of Our Lady appeared on a windowpane in 1797 and draws pilgrims to this alpine village.

Aglona

Latvia • Europe

Aglona is Latvia's most important Catholic pilgrimage site, home to the Basilica of the Assumption with its miraculous 17th-century icon of Our Lady.

Alençon

France • Europe

Alençon is the birthplace of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux and home to the Basilica of Notre-Dame where her parents Saints Louis and Zélie Martin were married.

Alexandria

Egypt • Africa

Alexandria holds profound Catholic significance as the historical seat of St. Mark the Evangelist and center of early Christianity, with St. Catherine's Cathedral serving as the main Catholic pilgrimage destination.

Allens Park

United States • North America

Saint Catherine's Chapel on the Rock is a historic Catholic chapel built atop a dramatic rock formation, serving as a spiritual landmark in the Colorado Rockies since 1936.

Altötting

Germany • Europe

Germany's most beloved Marian shrine, where pilgrims have venerated the Black Madonna since 1489 and three popes have prayed at the "Heart of Bavaria."

Amalfi

Italy • Europe

The Cathedral of Saint Andrew houses the apostle's relics, brought from Constantinople in 1208, in a crypt where Catholic and Orthodox pray together.

Andechs

Germany • Europe

Bavaria's oldest pilgrimage site, where Benedictine monks have guarded relics of Christ since the 10th century on the Heiliger Berg—a holy mountain rising between two Alpine lakes, drawing over 30,000 organized pilgrims annually.

Annaba

Algeria • Africa

Annaba hosts the Basilica of Saint Augustine, North Africa's chief Catholic pilgrimage site honoring the great Doctor of the Church.

Annaberg

Austria • Europe

Austria's first St. Anne pilgrimage, with a Gothic masterpiece and imperial Habsburg relics since 1217.

Annaya

Lebanon • Asia

Annaya is home to the Monastery of Saint Maron, containing the tomb of Saint Charbel Makhlouf, the renowned 19th-century Maronite monk known for miraculous healings.

Antipolo

Philippines • Asia

Antipolo is renowned as the Pilgrimage Capital of the Philippines, home to the International Shrine of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage, attracting millions of Marian devotees annually.

Aparecida

Brazil • South America

Brazil's spiritual heart, home to the National Shrine of Our Lady Aparecida—the world's second-largest Catholic church and the Americas' most visited Marian sanctuary.

Apt

France • Europe

Ancient cathedral claiming St. Anne's body relics since Charlemagne's time, with two Romanesque crypts and the mysterious Veil of St. Anne.

Ars

France • Europe

Home to the incorrupt body of St. John Vianney, patron saint of parish priests, whose 41 years of ministry transformed this humble village into France's spiritual heart.

Arthunkal

India • Asia

St. Andrew's Basilica, the world's largest shrine to St. Sebastian, draws millions to its January feast when eagles mysteriously circle the miraculous statue during the seaside procession.

Assisi

Italy • Europe

Assisi is the birthplace of St. Francis and St. Clare, making it one of Catholicism's most significant pilgrimage destinations with profound spiritual heritage.

Auriesville

United States • North America

Auriesville is the sacred site where three Jesuit missionaries were martyred in 1642-1646, and the birthplace of St. Kateri Tekakwitha, the 'Lily of the Mohawks'

Avignon

France • Europe

Avignon served as the seat of seven Popes from 1309-1378, making it a pivotal center of Catholic Church history. The city's magnificent Palace of the Popes and cathedral continue to attract faithful pilgrims seeking connection to this papal legacy.

Avila

Spain • Europe

Ávila is the birthplace of St. Teresa of Ávila, renowned Doctor of the Church, and home to her relics and numerous sites associated with her mystical life.

Aylesford

England (UK) • Europe

Aylesford Priory, dating from 1242, is the oldest Carmelite foundation in England where St. Simon Stock received the Brown Scapular from Our Lady.

Bad Staffelstein (Vierzehnheiligen)

Germany • Europe

Home to the Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, Germany's most exuberant Rococo pilgrimage church, where Balthasar Neumann's architectural genius crowns the hillside where a shepherd boy saw visions of the patron saints of the suffering.

Balasar

Portugal • Europe

Shrine of Blessed Alexandrina Maria da Costa, the Eucharistic mystic who lived solely on Holy Communion for the last thirteen years of her life.

Baltimore

United States • North America

Baltimore holds special significance as America's first Catholic diocese and home to the historic Baltimore Basilica, a National Shrine that invites pilgrims to explore the roots of Catholicism in the United States.

Bamberg

Germany • Europe

Bamberg is a significant Catholic pilgrimage destination housing the tomb of Emperor Henry II and Pope Clement II in its magnificent cathedral.

Banneux

Belgium • Europe

Banneux is renowned for the 1933 Marian apparitions of Our Lady of the Poor to Mariette Beco, drawing pilgrims seeking healing and spiritual guidance.

Banska Štiavnica

Slovakia • Europe

Banská Štiavnica is home to Slovakia's most important Baroque pilgrimage complex, the Kalvária Calvary with its three churches and 22 chapels.

Barcelona

Spain • Europe

Barcelona offers Catholic pilgrims extraordinary spiritual heritage with Gaudí's masterpiece Sagrada Família and ancient Gothic churches in Catalonia's historic heart.

Bardo

Poland • Europe

Bardo houses the miraculous 13th-century Madonna statue and Baroque pilgrimage church visited by Pope John Paul II, making it a significant Marian pilgrimage destination in Poland.

Bardsey Island (Ynys Enlli)

Wales (UK) • Europe

Bardsey Island, known as the 'Island of 20,000 Saints', has been a sacred Catholic pilgrimage destination since medieval times. Three pilgrimages here were considered equal to one to Rome.

Bari

Italy • Europe

Bari is home to the Basilica of Saint Nicholas, housing the relics of Saint Nicholas, making it one of Europe's most important Catholic pilgrimage destinations.

Baruny

Belarus • Europe

Historic Basilian monastery village with a masterpiece of Vilnian Baroque architecture and the miraculous icon of Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted.

Beauraing

Belgium • Europe

Beauraing became a major Catholic pilgrimage site after 33 Marian apparitions to five children in 1932-1933, where Mary appeared as the Virgin of the Golden Heart.

Belém

Brazil • South America

Gateway to the Amazon and host of the Círio de Nazaré—the world's largest Catholic procession, drawing over two million pilgrims each October to honor Our Lady of Nazareth at her neoclassical basilica.

Belleville

United States • North America

Belleville hosts the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows, a major Catholic pilgrimage destination with beautiful devotional spaces.

Benevento

Italy • Europe

Benevento is a historic Catholic pilgrimage site in southern Italy, home to the cathedral where Saint Padre Pio was ordained and the ancient Lombard Church of Santa Sophia.

Berdychiv

Ukraine • Europe

Berdychiv is Ukraine's premier Catholic pilgrimage destination, home to the miraculous Our Lady of Berdychiv icon crowned by Pope Benedict XIV in 1756.

Bethlehem

Holy Land • Asia

Birthplace of Jesus Christ, where the Church of the Nativity marks the sacred grotto venerated by Christians for nearly two millennia as the site where God became man.

Bingen am Rhein

Germany • Europe

Where St. Hildegard of Bingen lived and died, pilgrims walk in the footsteps of this visionary Doctor of the Church along the banks of the Rhine.

Bologna

Italy • Europe

Home to St. Dominic's tomb and the world's longest portico leading to the Madonna di San Luca sanctuary, where pilgrims have walked for nearly 600 years.

Bolsena

Italy • Europe

Site of the 1263 Eucharistic Miracle that led Pope Urban IV to establish Corpus Christi. The Sacre Pietre remain in Santa Cristina's Basilica.

Braga

Portugal • Europe

Braga, known as the 'Portuguese Rome,' is home to magnificent sanctuaries and churches that have attracted Catholic pilgrims for centuries.

Brezje

Slovenia • Europe

Brezje is Slovenia's national Marian shrine, home to the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians where pilgrims venerate a miraculous icon since 1865.

Brielle

Netherlands • Europe

Brielle is a national Catholic pilgrimage site commemorating the 1572 martyrdom of 19 priests and monks, now venerated as the Martyrs of Gorcum who were canonized in 1867.

Brive

France • Europe

Brive is home to the ancient Caves of Saint Anthony of Padua, where pilgrims have sought spiritual refuge since the 13th century.

Budslaw

Belarus • Europe

Budslaw is home to the miraculous Our Lady of Budslau icon, Belarus's national Catholic sanctuary attracting tens of thousands of pilgrims annually.

Bukit Mertajam

Malaysia • Asia

Southeast Asia's largest St. Anne pilgrimage, drawing 500,000 faithful each July to Malaysia's only Minor Basilica.

Burgos

Spain • Europe

Burgos Cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage site, stands as a vital pilgrimage stop on the Camino de Santiago, housing the tomb of El Cid and offering profound spiritual significance for Catholic pilgrims seeking history and divine beauty.

Caceres

Spain • Europe

A UNESCO World Heritage medieval city where Roman, Moorish, and Christian heritage blend—home to the Co-Cathedral of Santa María and the beloved Virgen de la Montaña.

Cairo

Egypt • Africa

Cairo offers profound Catholic pilgrimage sites connected to the Holy Family's flight to Egypt and ancient Christian heritage. Catholic pilgrims visit sacred churches and historical sites throughout the city.

Canneto

Italy • Europe

Ancient Marian sanctuary on Roman villa ruins, documented since 703 AD, with the smiling Madonna del Sorriso drawing pilgrims to the Trigno valley.

Canterbury

England (UK) • Europe

Canterbury is home to St Thomas of Canterbury Church, housing the shrine and relics of St Thomas Becket, making it England's premier Catholic pilgrimage destination.

Cap-de-la-Madeleine

Canada • North America

Home to Our Lady of the Cape Shrine, Cap-de-la-Madeleine is Canada's national Marian shrine with miraculous origins dating to 1888.

Caravaca de la Cruz

Spain • Europe

Caravaca de la Cruz is one of only five Holy Cities in the Catholic world, home to the miraculous Vera Cross relic and pilgrimage destination.

Cardigan

Wales (UK) • Europe

Cardigan is home to Wales' National Catholic Shrine, Our Lady of the Taper, a revered Marian pilgrimage site with medieval origins.

Carmel-by-the-Sea

United States • North America

Carmel-by-the-Sea is home to the historic Carmel Mission Basilica, final resting place of St. Junipero Serra and one of America's most popular Catholic pilgrimage sites.

Cartago

Costa Rica • North America

Cartago is Costa Rica's most important Catholic pilgrimage site, home to the Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels where La Negrita, the nation's patron saint, is venerated.

Cascia

Italy • Europe

Cascia is a renowned Catholic pilgrimage site in Umbria, home to Saint Rita and housing the miraculous Eucharistic Miracle, drawing the faithful worldwide.

Cebu City

Philippines • Asia

Cebu City holds profound Catholic significance as the birthplace of Christianity in the Philippines, home to the miraculous Santo Niño de Cebú and the country's oldest church.

Champion

United States • North America

Champion, Wisconsin hosts America's only Church-approved Marian apparition site, where the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to Adele Brise in 1859.

Chartres

France • Europe

Chartres Cathedral houses the sacred Veil of the Virgin Mary, drawing pilgrims for nearly 1,000 years to this Gothic masterpiece and major Marian sanctuary.

Chennai

India • Asia

Chennai holds special significance as the site where St. Thomas the Apostle was martyred and buried, making it one of Christianity's most important pilgrimage destinations in India.

Christkindl

Austria • Europe

Baroque pilgrimage church built around a miraculous wax Christ Child, with famous Christmas post office.

Coimbra

Portugal • Europe

Resting place of St. Elizabeth of Portugal, the 'Holy Queen,' whose incorrupt body lies in a silver reliquary at the Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Nova.

Cologne

Germany • Europe

Cologne Cathedral houses the Shrine of the Three Kings, making it one of Northern Europe's most important Catholic pilgrimage sites.

Congonhas

Brazil • South America

Congonhas is renowned for its UNESCO World Heritage Sanctuary of Bom Jesus de Matosinhos, a magnificent 18th-century Baroque church featuring Aleijadinho's celebrated soapstone sculptures depicting the Stations of the Cross.

Conques

France • Europe

Conques is a major medieval pilgrimage destination on the Camino de Santiago, home to the magnificent Abbey Church of Sainte-Foy with its famous reliquary and Romanesque treasures.

Corrientes

Argentina • South America

Corrientes serves as a significant Catholic center in northeastern Argentina, featuring the historic Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral as its spiritual heart and main pilgrimage destination.

Cortona

Italy • Europe

Tuscan hill town where St. Margaret's incorrupt body draws pilgrims to her basilica, while the Franciscan hermitage of Le Celle preserves the cell where St. Francis dictated his Testament.

Cotignac

France • Europe

Cotignac is the world's only village where all three members of the Holy Family appeared, making it a premier Catholic pilgrimage destination in Provence.

Covadonga

Spain • Europe

Birthplace of the Reconquista where King Pelayo's 722 victory began Spain's 800-year Christian reconquest, now a major Marian sanctuary.

Crediton

England (UK) • Europe

Crediton houses the National Shrine of St Boniface, the great Anglo-Saxon missionary born here in 680 who became patron saint of Germany and Devon.

Croagh Patrick

Ireland • Europe

Croagh Patrick is Ireland's holy mountain where St. Patrick fasted for 40 days and continues as the nation's most important Catholic pilgrimage destination.

Częstochowa

Poland • Europe

Poland's spiritual heart, home to the Black Madonna of Jasna Góra—the nation's most sacred pilgrimage site, drawing 4.5 million faithful annually.

Disentis

Switzerland • Europe

One of Switzerland's oldest monasteries, founded c. 700 on the Lukmanier Pass, where Saints Placidus and Sigisbert established Benedictine life.

Domodossola

Italy • Europe

Downpatrick

Northern Ireland (UK) • Europe

Downpatrick is revered as the burial place of Ireland's patron saint St Patrick, making it a significant Catholic pilgrimage destination in Northern Ireland.

Drogheda

Ireland • Europe

Drogheda is home to St Peter's Church, which houses the shrine of St Oliver Plunkett, Ireland's last martyred archbishop, making it a significant Catholic pilgrimage destination.

Dukla

Poland • Europe

Dukla is a significant Catholic pilgrimage site honoring St. John of Dukla, a 15th-century Franciscan saint canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1997.

Düren

Germany • Europe

Germany's foremost shrine to St. Anne, housing her head relic since 1501 in a modernist church rebuilt after WWII destruction.

Durham

England (UK) • Europe

Durham Cathedral houses the Shrine of St Cuthbert, making it a major pilgrimage destination for Catholics seeking spiritual healing.

Edinburgh

Scotland (UK) • Europe

Edinburgh offers Catholic pilgrims the National Shrine of St Andrew at St Mary's Cathedral, Scotland's premier Catholic pilgrimage destination with over 200 years of sacred heritage.

Einsiedeln

Switzerland • Europe

Einsiedeln Abbey is Switzerland's largest pilgrimage site, home to the miraculous Black Madonna and continuous pilgrimage since St. Meinrad's hermitage in the 9th century.

Eisenstadt

Austria • Europe

Burgenland's capital where Esterházy churches echo with Haydn's sacred music and pilgrims climb Calvary Hill.

El Cobre

Cuba • North America

El Cobre houses Cuba's National Shrine Basilica of Our Lady of Charity, the patroness of Cuba. This sacred site draws pilgrims seeking the Virgin's intercession since the 17th century.

El Rocío

Spain • Europe

El Rocío is a major Catholic pilgrimage destination housing the revered Virgin of El Rocío statue, drawing over a million pilgrims annually during Pentecost.

Elele

Nigeria • Africa

Africa's only International Shrine, where millions gather monthly for Eucharistic Adoration and healing at the sanctuary founded by Father Emmanuel Edeh in the Niger Delta.

Emittsburg

United States • North America

Emmitsburg is a sacred Catholic destination home to the National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton and the oldest Lourdes Grotto replica in America.

Emmitsburg

United States • North America

Emmitsburg hosts two major Catholic shrines honoring America's first native-born saint and Our Lady of Lourdes, drawing thousands of pilgrims annually to this sacred Maryland town.

Engelberg

Switzerland • Europe

Alpine Benedictine abbey founded in 1120 beneath Mount Titlis, housing Switzerland's largest church organ and welcoming pilgrims for nine centuries.

Esquipulas

Guatemala • North America

Esquipulas is home to the revered Black Christ of Esquipulas, Central America's most important Catholic pilgrimage destination, drawing millions of faithful annually to venerate the miraculous dark wooden crucifix.

Ettal

Germany • Europe

Imperial foundation where Emperor Ludwig the Bavarian's miraculous marble Madonna has drawn pilgrims since 1330, now crowned by one of Bavaria's most magnificent Baroque domes in a stunning Alpine valley.

Farnborough

England (UK) • Europe

Farnborough houses England's National Shrine to St Joseph at St Michael's Abbey, a Benedictine monastery attracting Catholic pilgrims seeking spiritual reflection.

Fátima

Portugal • Europe

Fátima is one of the world's most important Catholic pilgrimage sites, where the Virgin Mary appeared to three shepherd children in 1917.

Faversham

England (UK) • Europe

Faversham hosts England's National Shrine of Saint Jude, a major Catholic pilgrimage center with relics of the Apostle and medieval devotional art.

Filipov

Czech Republic • Europe

Filipov is a significant Marian pilgrimage site in the Czech Republic, known for the 1866 apparition of the Virgin Mary to Magdalene Kade and subsequent miraculous healings.

Florence

Italy • Europe

Cradle of the Renaissance and home to three incorrupt saints, with the miraculous Annunciation fresco, Brunelleschi's dome, and centuries of artistic devotion.

Flüeli-Ranft

Switzerland • Europe

Flüeli-Ranft is the sacred homeland of Switzerland's national saint Nicholas of Flüe (Brother Klaus), where pilgrims seek spiritual guidance at his birthplace and hermitage.

Fonda

United States • North America

Fonda hosts the National Shrine of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, America's first Native American saint, drawing pilgrims to this sacred Mohawk Valley site.

Frauenkirchen

Austria • Europe

Burgenland's first basilica with a 13th-century Gothic Madonna, guarded by Franciscans since 1659.

Fulda

Germany • Europe

Spiritual heart of German Catholicism and burial place of St. Boniface, the Apostle of the Germans, whose magnificent Baroque cathedral draws pilgrims to venerate the father of the German Church.

Genoa

Italy • Europe

Maritime republic turned pilgrimage city, guarding relics of St. John the Baptist in a zebra-striped cathedral and birthplace of Pope Benedict XV.

Għarb

Malta • Europe

Għarb hosts Malta's most important Catholic pilgrimage site, the National Shrine of Ta' Pinu, renowned for miraculous apparitions and deep Marian devotion.

Ghiffa

Italy • Europe

UNESCO World Heritage Site on Mount Carciago overlooking Lake Maggiore, dedicated to the mystery of the Holy Trinity with three Baroque chapels and a medieval sanctuary.

Gibraltar

Gibraltar • Europe

Gibraltar offers a unique Catholic pilgrimage experience with the historic Shrine of Our Lady of Europe, patroness of the territory, dating to the 14th century and deeply revered by locals.

Gidle

Poland • Europe

Gidle houses a renowned Dominican monastery with the miraculous figure of Our Lady, drawing Catholic pilgrims from across Poland seeking Marian devotion.

Gietrzwałd

Poland • Europe

Gietrzwałd is Poland's only Church-approved Marian apparition site, known as the "Polish Lourdes" where Our Lady appeared in 1877.

Glasgow

Scotland (UK) • Europe

Glasgow offers profound Catholic heritage with its medieval cathedral housing St Mungo's shrine, drawing pilgrims for centuries to Scotland's spiritual heart.

Gniezno

Poland • Europe

Gniezno, the cradle of Polish Christianity, hosts the shrine of St. Adalbert and served as the coronation site for Polish kings.

Godów

Poland • Europe

Godów is home to the historic wooden St. Anne's Church, a significant Catholic pilgrimage site in Silesia featuring religious art and sacred relics.

Góra Świętej Anny

Poland • Europe

Upper Silesia's most beloved family pilgrimage, where a miraculous 15th-century statue of Saint Anne holds her daughter Mary and grandson Jesus, surrounded by thirty-three Baroque Calvary chapels.

Gostyń

Poland • Europe

Gostyń is home to the Basilica of Święta Góra, the main Marian sanctuary of the Poznań archdiocese and a masterpiece of Pompeo Ferrari.

Guadalajara

Mexico • North America

Guadalajara stands as a major Catholic pilgrimage center, home to the magnificent Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady and millions of faithful visitors annually.

Guadalupe

Spain • Europe

Spain's most revered Marian shrine, where the Virgin of Guadalupe has drawn pilgrims since 1340—birthplace of devotion that spread across the Americas.

Guadangolo (Mentorella)

Italy • Europe

Perched on a dramatic limestone cliff at 1,018 meters in the Prenestini Mountains, the Sanctuary of the Mentorella stands as one of Europe's oldest Marian shrines—a sacred place that has drawn pilgrims for seventeen centuries, from Emperor Constantine to Pope St. John Paul II

Guanajuato (Cristo Rey)

Mexico • North America

The Cristo Rey sanctuary on Cerro del Cubilete is one of Mexico's most important Catholic pilgrimage sites, commemorating the Cristero War martyrs.

Guanare

Venezuela • South America

Venezuela's spiritual capital, where the Virgin left a tiny miraculous image in a chief's hand in 1652. Two million gather at the National Shrine.

Guardialfiera

Italy • Europe

Guardialfiera is a historic Catholic pilgrimage site in Molise, home to the ancient Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta which houses precious relics of Saint Gaudentius.

Gurk

Austria • Europe

Austria's finest Romanesque cathedral houses Saint Hemma's tomb, drawing pilgrims along an 800km trail network since 1607.

Haemi

South Korea • Asia

Vatican-designated shrine honoring over 1,000 Catholics buried alive during Korea's 1866-1882 persecutions. Pope Francis celebrated Mass here in 2014.

Haifa - Mount Carmel

Holy Land • Asia

Mount Carmel in Haifa is sacred to Catholics as the home of Elijah's Cave and the world headquarters of the Carmelite Order, founded by hermits in the 12th century.

Hansville

United States • North America

Hansville Community Church serves as a modest Christian worship site in this scenic coastal community.

Harihar

India • Asia

The Basilica of Our Lady of Health in Harihar is a significant Catholic pilgrimage site, elevated to a Minor Basilica by the Vatican in 2019.

Harissa

Lebanon • Asia

Harissa is home to the National Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon, the premier Catholic pilgrimage site in Lebanon with a famous Marian statue.

Heiligenblut

Austria • Europe

Alpine village at the foot of Austria's highest peak, guarding a Holy Blood relic brought from Constantinople in 914 AD.

Heiligenkreuz

Austria • Europe

The world's oldest active Cistercian monastery (1133) with the largest True Cross relic north of the Alps.

Heiloo

Netherlands • Europe

Heiloo hosts the Netherlands' largest Marian pilgrimage site, the Sanctuary of Onze Lieve Vrouw ter Nood, with roots dating back to Saint Willibrord's miracles in 690.

Higüey

Dominican Republic • North America

Higüey is home to the sacred Basilica of Our Lady of Altagracia, the spiritual heart of Dominican Catholicism and Caribbean pilgrimage.

Hill of the Crosses (Kryžių kalnas)

Lithuania • Europe

The Hill of Crosses is Lithuania's national pilgrimage center, where over 100,000 crosses testify to Catholic faith and peaceful resistance.

Holywell

Wales (UK) • Europe

Holywell hosts St Winefride's Well, Britain's oldest continuously visited pilgrimage site with 1,400 years of Catholic healing tradition.

Hormigueros

Puerto Rico • North America

Hormigueros is renowned as a Catholic pilgrimage destination centered around the historic Basilica of Our Lady of Monserrate, a minor basilica that has drawn faithful devotees for centuries.

Hulbert

United States • North America

Hulbert is home to Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey, a Traditional Benedictine monastery that serves as the destination for the annual Three Hearts Pilgrimage.

Innsbruck

Austria • Europe

Tyrol's alpine capital with the Maria Hilf painting, Maximilian's tomb, and Wilten's Rococo basilica.

Iona

Scotland (UK) • Europe

Iona, birthplace of Scottish Christianity, where St. Columba founded his monastery in 563 AD, remains a profound pilgrimage site for Catholics seeking spiritual renewal and connection to Celtic Christian heritage.

Jalisco

Mexico • North America

Jalisco stands as one of Mexico's most important Catholic pilgrimage destinations, home to the renowned Basilica of San Juan de los Lagos with over 7 million annual pilgrims.

Jerusalem

Holy Land • Asia

Jerusalem stands as the heart of Christian faith, housing the Church of the Holy Sepulchre where Jesus was crucified, buried, and rose from the dead.

Juneau

United States • North America

Juneau's National Shrine of St. Thérèse offers pilgrims a serene spiritual retreat overlooking Lynn Canal, featuring beautiful stone structures and devotional paths.

Kahnawake

Canada • North America

Kahnawake is home to the National Shrine of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Native American saint, whose tomb draws Catholic pilgrims seeking her intercession.

Kalisz

Poland • Europe

Kalisz hosts Poland's National Shrine of St. Joseph, one of the world's oldest sanctuaries dedicated to Jesus' earthly father, drawing pilgrims seeking St. Joseph's intercession.

Kałków

Poland • Europe

Kałków is home to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Sorrows, Queen of Poland, a major Marian pilgrimage site with miraculous icon and religious complex.

Kalwaria Pacławska

Poland • Europe

Kalwaria Pacławska is a historic Catholic pilgrimage center known as the 'Jerusalem of the East,' featuring miraculous Marian devotions.

Kalwaria Zebrzydowska

Poland • Europe

Kalwaria Zebrzydowska is a remarkable 17th-century Calvary sanctuary known as the 'Polish Jerusalem,' where over a million pilgrims annually pray along its Passion and Marian devotional paths.

Karlovac

Croatia • Europe

Karlovac is home to the National Shrine of Saint Joseph, Croatia's premier Catholic pilgrimage destination dedicated to the nation's patron saint.

Kevelaer

Germany • Europe

Kevelaer is Germany's largest Catholic pilgrimage destination, where Our Lady of Consolation has been venerated since 1641 following miraculous apparitions and healings.

Kibeho

Rwanda • Africa

Kibeho is the only Vatican-approved Marian apparition site in Africa, where the Virgin Mary appeared to schoolgirls between 1981-1989.

Kildare

Ireland • Europe

Kildare is home to St. Brigid's Cathedral, built on the site of Ireland's famous 5th-century monastery founded by St. Brigid, patroness of Ireland.

Kirkkokari (Saint Henry's Island)

Finland • Europe

Kirkkokari (Saint Henry's Island) is Finland's only Catholic pilgrimage site, marking the martyrdom of Bishop Henry in 1156. Medieval chapel foundations and modern altars commemorate this sacred place.

Klosterneuburg

Austria • Europe

Augustinian abbey founded in 1114 by Saint Leopold III, patron of Austria, housing the Verdun Altar and the saint's tomb beneath its gilded reliquary.

Knock

Ireland • Europe

Knock Shrine is Ireland's International Eucharistic and Marian Shrine where an apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Joseph and St. John appeared in 1879.

Kodeń

Poland • Europe

Kodeń is a renowned Catholic pilgrimage site home to the miraculous icon of Our Lady of Kodeń, drawing faithful seeking Marian intercession.

Koekelberg

Belgium • Europe

The National Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Koekelberg is Belgium's premier Catholic pilgrimage destination, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus as a national sanctuary.

Kolkata

India • Asia

Home of Saint Teresa of Calcutta's tomb at the Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity, where pilgrims pray beside the saint who heard Christ's call to serve the poorest of the poor.

Kraków

Poland • Europe

Kraków is a profound Catholic pilgrimage destination, home to the Divine Mercy Sanctuary where St. Faustina's tomb resides and beloved by Pope John Paul II.

Krasnobród

Poland • Europe

Krasnobród is home to the historic Shrine of Our Lady of the Visitation, a baroque sanctuary founded by Queen Marie Casimire Sobieska and a significant Catholic pilgrimage destination in southeastern Poland.

KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa • Africa

KwaZulu-Natal hosts significant Catholic pilgrimage sites, most notably the Ngome Marian Shrine where Our Lady appeared as 'Tabernacle of the Most High'.

L'Aquila

Italy • Europe

La Crosse

United States • North America

La Crosse hosts the magnificent Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, a premier Catholic pilgrimage destination founded by Cardinal Burke.

La Salette

France • Europe

La Salette is a major Catholic pilgrimage site where the Virgin Mary appeared to two children in 1846, bringing a message of reconciliation and conversion.

La Vang

Vietnam • Asia

La Vang is Vietnam's national Marian shrine where Our Lady appeared to persecuted Catholics in 1798, becoming the country's most important Catholic pilgrimage destination.

La Verna

Italy • Europe

La Verna is the sacred mountain sanctuary where Saint Francis of Assisi received the stigmata in 1224, making it one of Christianity's most holy pilgrimage sites.

Lac-Bouchette

Canada • North America

Ermitage Saint-Antoine is a major Catholic pilgrimage site in Quebec, founded in 1907 and known for its miraculous healings and spiritual significance.

Lacrosse

United States • North America

La Crosse is home to the magnificent Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, a major Catholic pilgrimage site that draws faithful from across America seeking spiritual renewal and Marian devotion.

Lalouvesc

France • Europe

Lalouvesc is a renowned Catholic pilgrimage site where the Jesuit missionary Saint Jean-François Régis died and is buried, attracting pilgrims seeking his intercession since 1640.

Lanciano

Italy • Europe

Lanciano hosts the first recorded Eucharistic miracle in Catholic history, where host transformed to flesh and wine to blood in the 8th century.

Las Lajas

Colombia • South America

Las Lajas Sanctuary is a renowned Catholic pilgrimage site dedicated to Our Lady of Las Lajas, featuring a miraculous Marian image and stunning neo-Gothic architecture.

Le Puy-en-Velay

France • Europe

Le Puy-en-Velay is one of France's oldest Marian pilgrimage sites, home to the Black Virgin and a major starting point for the Camino de Santiago.

Lębork

Poland • Europe

Lębork's Sanctuary of St. Jacob the Apostle has been a medieval pilgrimage center on the route to Santiago de Compostella, featuring a 14th-century Gothic church with sacred relics.

Levoča

Slovakia • Europe

Levoča is Slovakia's most important Catholic pilgrimage destination, home to the Basilica of the Visitation where tens of thousands gather annually.

Leżajsk

Poland • Europe

Leżajsk is home to the miraculous 16th-century Marian shrine where Our Lady appeared, crowned by Pope Benedict XIV in 1752.

Licheń Stary

Poland • Europe

Home to Poland's largest church and one of the world's tallest basilicas, built entirely from pilgrim donations to house the miraculous icon of Our Lady of Sorrows, Queen of Poland.

Lindisfarne

England (UK) • Europe

Lindisfarne, also known as Holy Island, is a sacred pilgrimage site where St. Aidan founded the first Celtic Christian monastery in 635 AD.

Lisbon

Portugal • Europe

Lisbon offers rich Catholic heritage as the birthplace of St. Anthony of Padua and gateway to Portugal's spiritual traditions, featuring sacred sites from ancient cathedral to modern sanctuaries.

Lisieux

France • Europe

France's second-greatest pilgrimage site after Lourdes, where St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus lived, died, and taught her 'Little Way' of spiritual childhood.

London

England (UK) • Europe

London, the capital and cultural heart of the United Kingdom, invites pilgrims to explore its rich Catholic heritage steeped in centuries of faith, tradition, and resilience. Despite the Reformation's trials, London preserves remarkable sites that reflect the city's dynamic Christian history, where saints, martyrs, and scholars have left their indelible marks. Pilgrims come to London not only to visit its majestic churches and cathedrals but to walk in the footsteps of those who have shaped the faith amid political and religious upheavals. From the inspiring Byzantine vaults of Westminster Cathedral to the tranquil medieval sanctuary of St Etheldreda's Church, London offers spiritual nourishment and historical insight. The city's many pilgrimage routes, historic shrines, and vibrant Catholic communities testify to the enduring presence of the Church here, inviting every pilgrim—whether devout Catholic or curious visitor—to a journey of reflection, prayer, and renewal.

Loreto

Italy • Europe

Italy's foremost Marian shrine, housing the Holy House where tradition holds the Virgin Mary was born, raised, and received the Annunciation—attracting over four million pilgrims annually to this hilltop sanctuary.

Los Angeles

United States • North America

America's largest archdiocese, home to the postmodern Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, St. Junípero Serra's missions, and the only tilma relic outside Mexico.

Lough Derg

Ireland • Europe

Lough Derg is one of Ireland's most ancient pilgrimage sites, dating back to the 5th century, where St. Patrick established a place of prayer and spiritual renewal that continues to draw faithful seeking deeper connection with God.

Lourdes

France • Europe

The Virgin Mary appeared to Bernadette Soubirous here in 1858, making Lourdes the world's most visited Marian shrine.

Loyola

Spain • Europe

Loyola is the birthplace of St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuit Order. The magnificent Baroque sanctuary surrounds his holy birthplace.

Lubaczów

Poland • Europe

Lubaczów is a significant Catholic pilgrimage destination in southeastern Poland, known for its Sanctuary of Our Lady of Graces and the nearby Sanctuary of Our Lady of Łukawiec.

Lucca

Italy • Europe

Medieval Tuscan city on the Via Francigena, home to the Volto Santo—the oldest monumental wooden crucifix in the West—and the incorrupt body of St. Zita.

Ludźmierz

Poland • Europe

Ludźmierz houses Poland's oldest Marian shrine, featuring the miraculous statue of Our Lady of Ludźmierz, Queen of Podhale, venerated since medieval times.

Lyon

France • Europe

Lyon serves as a significant Catholic pilgrimage destination, home to the historic Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière, a popular Marian shrine since 1170 that attracts pilgrims seeking spiritual reflection.

Madrid

Spain • Europe

Madrid serves as a key Catholic pilgrimage gateway to Spain, featuring the magnificent Almudena Cathedral and serving as starting point for Camino de Santiago journeys.

Malayattoor

India • Asia

India's only International Shrine, where St. Thomas the Apostle sought refuge atop Kurisumudi in AD 52, leaving his footprints and a miraculous spring.

Manaoag

Philippines • Asia

Manaoag is home to the miraculous Our Lady of the Rosary, drawing millions of pilgrims seeking Marian intercession and healing graces.

Manila

Philippines • Asia

Manila stands as a premier Catholic pilgrimage destination in Asia, home to the historic Manila Cathedral and revered Black Nazarene shrine that draw millions of faithful annually.

Manoppello

Italy • Europe

Manoppello is home to the Holy Face of Jesus, believed to be Veronica's Veil, drawing pilgrims to witness this miraculous image of Christ.

Manresa

Spain • Europe

Manresa is a pivotal Catholic pilgrimage site where St. Ignatius of Loyola spent 11 months in 1522, developing his Spiritual Exercises in the sacred cave.

Maria Bildstein

Austria • Europe

A Baroque basilica on a ridge above the Rhine Valley with Lake Constance views, marking a 1629 Marian apparition.

Maria Dreieichen

Austria • Europe

Twin-towered basilica on the Manhartsberg ridge where pilgrims venerate the Sorrowful Mother at a miraculous oak since 1656.

Maria Kirchental

Austria • Europe

A Fischer von Erlach baroque masterpiece at 900m, housing a miraculous Gothic Madonna and Austria's finest votive painting collection.

Maria Laach

Germany • Europe

Germany's finest Romanesque abbey, rising from the shores of a volcanic crater lake—a thousand-year-old Benedictine sanctuary that became the heart of the 20th-century Liturgical Movement.

Maria Lankowitz

Austria • Europe

Styria's second-largest pilgrimage site, where Franciscans have tended a miraculous Gothic Madonna since the 1400s.

Maria Loretto

Austria • Europe

A Baroque sanctuary in Burgenland with the Black Madonna of Loreto and a replica of the Holy House.

Maria Luggau

Austria • Europe

Carinthia's only basilica, where a peasant woman's 1513 vision led to one of Austria's great Servite pilgrimage shrines in the Lesachtal Alps.

Maria Plain

Austria • Europe

Salzburg's beloved hilltop basilica where a fire-surviving Marian image has drawn pilgrims since 1652.

Maria Saal

Austria • Europe

Carinthia's "mother church" founded c. 753, where Slavic peoples first embraced Western Christianity.

Maria Straßengel

Austria • Europe

An Austrian High Gothic masterpiece above the Mur valley with a 48m openwork tower and 14th-century glass.

Maria Taferl

Austria • Europe

Lower Austria's second-largest Marian shrine, where a miraculous crucifix and Pietà have drawn pilgrims since 1633.

Maria Waldrast

Austria • Europe

One of Europe's highest pilgrimage monasteries at 1,641m, where Servite monks have offered alpine hospitality since 1621.

Maria Wörth

Austria • Europe

A Gothic church on a Wörthersee peninsula where martyrs' relics have drawn pilgrims since 875 AD.

Marianka

Slovakia • Europe

Slovakia's oldest pilgrimage site, where a miraculous 14th-century Madonna and sacred healing spring have drawn emperors and ordinary pilgrims for over six centuries.

Máriapócs

Hungary • Europe

Máriapócs is Hungary's most important Greek Catholic pilgrimage site, famous for its miraculous weeping icon of the Virgin Mary that has drawn faithful since 1696.

Mariastein, Solothurn

Switzerland • Europe

Switzerland's second-largest pilgrimage center, where pilgrims descend into a cave shrine to venerate the miraculous Madonna.

Mariastein, Tyrol

Austria • Europe

Cliff-top castle shrine where a miraculous Madonna twice returned from Bavaria, guarding Tyrol's imperial regalia in a 42-metre tower.

Mariatrost

Austria • Europe

Graz's beloved Baroque basilica on Purberg hill, where 216 steps of pilgrimage lead to a Gothic Madonna and panoramic views over Styria's capital.

Mariazell

Austria • Europe

Central Europe's most important Marian shrine, where the miraculous Magna Mater Austriae has drawn over a million pilgrims annually since 1157.

Marija Bistrica

Croatia • Europe

Marija Bistrica is Croatia's largest Marian pilgrimage site, home to the miraculous Black Madonna statue and national shrine.

Marseille

France • Europe

Marseille is a major Catholic pilgrimage destination centered around the iconic Notre-Dame de la Garde basilica, known for its Assumption Day pilgrimages and Marian devotion.

Matera

Italy • Europe

Ancient city of cave dwellings and over 150 rupestrian churches, whose biblical landscape drew filmmakers from Pasolini to Mel Gibson to portray the Holy Land.

Matraverebély-Szentkut

Hungary • Europe

Hungary's national Catholic shrine since the 12th century, Matraverebély-Szentkút draws pilgrims to its miraculous spring and Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption.

Melk

Austria • Europe

Baroque Benedictine abbey on a cliff above the Danube, with magnificent library and church. Monks have prayed here since 1089.

Mellieħa

Malta • Europe

Mellieħa hosts Malta's oldest Marian shrine, the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Mellieħa, dating to 60 AD with traditions linking it to St. Paul and St. Luke.

Mercogliano

Italy • Europe

Home to Campania's most beloved Marian shrine, where 1.5 million pilgrims climb Mount Partenio each year to venerate the Byzantine Black Madonna called Mamma Schiavona.

Mexico City

Mexico • North America

Mexico City is home to the world's most visited Catholic pilgrimage site, the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, where the Virgin Mary appeared to Juan Diego in 1531.

Middletown

United States • North America

The National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel serves as a major Catholic pilgrimage site dedicated to Marian devotion and Carmelite spirituality.

Midland

Canada • North America

Midland's Martyrs' Shrine is a national Catholic pilgrimage site honoring eight Jesuit saints martyred over 350 years ago while bringing Christianity to Canada.

Milan

Italy • Europe

Milan holds profound Catholic significance as the seat of Saint Ambrose and Charles Borromeo, featuring the magnificent Duomo where Saint Augustine was baptized.

Mont-Saint-Michel

France • Europe

Mont-Saint-Michel is a majestic medieval abbey dedicated to Archangel Michael, serving as one of Europe's most important Catholic pilgrimage destinations for over a millennium.

Montaione

Italy • Europe

Home to the Jerusalem of Tuscany—the Sacro Monte di San Vivaldo—where eighteen forest chapels with Renaissance terracotta tableaux bring the Holy Land to pilgrims who cannot travel to Palestine.

Monte Sant'Angelo

Italy • Europe

Monte Sant'Angelo hosts the oldest shrine in Western Europe dedicated to Archangel Michael, where tradition holds the celestial being consecrated the sanctuary himself.

Montecassino

Italy • Europe

Montecassino Abbey, founded by St. Benedict in 529, is the birthplace of Western monasticism and houses the tombs of St. Benedict and St. Scholastica.

Montréal

Canada • North America

Montréal is a prominent Catholic pilgrimage destination, home to the ornate Notre-Dame Basilica—famous for its Gothic Revival architecture and intricate interior—and Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal, the world's largest shrine dedicated to Saint Joseph, attracting millions of visitors annually.

Montserrat

Spain • Europe

Home to the Black Madonna at a thousand-year-old Benedictine abbey where St. Ignatius of Loyola laid down his sword and began his pilgrimage.

Moresnet-Chapelle

Belgium • Europe

Motherwell

Scotland (UK) • Europe

Motherwell serves as a significant Catholic pilgrimage center with the renowned Carfin Grotto, Scotland's National Shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes, attracting over 70,000 pilgrims annually.

Mt. Koressos (Ephesus)

Turkey • Asia

Mount Koressos houses the Virgin Mary's final dwelling, a sacred Catholic pilgrimage site where tradition holds she spent her last years under St. John's care.

Mugnano del Cardinale

Italy • Europe

Home to the relics of St. Philomena—the 'Wonder-Worker' beloved by the Curé d'Ars—where miracles began the moment her remains arrived in 1805.

Mumbai

India • Asia

India's largest city hosts the Basilica of Our Lady of the Mount in Bandra, where the annual Bandra Fair draws hundreds of thousands to venerate a 16th-century statue of the Virgin Mary.

Muri

Switzerland • Europe

Habsburg foundation where the hearts of Blessed Karl of Austria and Empress Zita rest, a pilgrimage site for devotees of the last emperor.

Müstair

Switzerland • Europe

UNESCO World Heritage convent attributed to Charlemagne, preserving the world's largest cycle of early medieval frescoes.

Naga City

Philippines • Asia

Naga City, known as the Pilgrim City, is home to one of Asia's largest Marian pilgrimage sites centered on devotion to Our Lady of Peñafrancia.

Nagasaki

Japan • Asia

Nagasaki stands as Japan's Catholic heartland, home to centuries of Christian heritage including 26 martyrs and surviving atomic bombing faith.

Naples

Italy • Europe

Where the blood of San Gennaro liquefies three times yearly, and the tombs of Doctor Giuseppe Moscati and mystic Don Dolindo Ruotolo draw pilgrims seeking miracles.

Nazaré

Portugal • Europe

Atlantic clifftop pilgrimage site where Dom Fuas Roupinho was saved from plunging over the precipice in 1182 after invoking Our Lady of Nazaré.

Nazareth

Holy Land • Asia

Nazareth is Jesus' childhood home and the site of the Annunciation, where Gabriel told Mary she would bear the Son of God.

Nettuno

Italy • Europe

Seaside pilgrimage town housing the mortal remains of St. Maria Goretti—the Church's youngest canonized martyr, whose radical act of forgiveness converted her own murderer.

Nevers

France • Europe

Burial place of St. Bernadette Soubirous, visionary of Lourdes, whose incorrupt body lies in a crystal reliquary at the Saint-Gildard sanctuary—the geographical heart of France.

New Haven

United States • North America

New Haven holds special significance for Catholic pilgrims as the birthplace of the Knights of Columbus and home to Blessed Michael McGivney's tomb.

New York City

United States • North America

America's largest Catholic metropolis, home to five million annual visitors at St. Patrick's Cathedral, the incorrupt body of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, New York's only catacombs, and shrines honoring two American saints.

Nice

France • Europe

Nice features the national sanctuary Our Lady Help of Christians, a Catholic pilgrimage destination with beautiful art deco architecture and deep Marian devotion.

Niepokalanów

Poland • Europe

Niepokalanów is a major Catholic pilgrimage center founded by St. Maximilian Kolbe, known as the City of the Immaculate Mother of God.

Nitra

Slovakia • Europe

Norcia

Italy • Europe

Birthplace of St. Benedict and St. Scholastica, founders of Western monasticism, with the restored Basilica di San Benedetto and a thriving monastic community.

Oberammergau

Germany • Europe

Oberammergau is renowned for its Passion Play performed every decade since 1634, making it a significant Catholic pilgrimage destination in Bavaria.

Oklahoma City

United States • North America

Oklahoma City stands as a rising Catholic pilgrimage destination with the Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine honoring America's first priest-martyr.

Old Goa

India • Asia

UNESCO World Heritage churches shelter St. Francis Xavier's incorrupt body, drawing millions annually to the 'Rome of the Orient.'

Oropa

Italy • Europe

Alpine sanctuary rising at 1,159 meters in the Biellese Alps, home to the Black Madonna venerated since the 4th century and crowned every 100 years since 1620.

Orselina

Switzerland • Europe

Orselina houses the famous Madonna del Sasso sanctuary, founded after a 1480 Marian apparition and one of Switzerland's most important Catholic pilgrimage sites.

Orta San Giulio

Italy • Europe

Home to a UNESCO Sacred Mountain dedicated to St. Francis and an island basilica guarding the relics of St. Julius—the saint who sailed here on his cloak.

Ortona

Italy • Europe

Ortona houses the relics of St. Thomas the Apostle in its cathedral, making it a major pilgrimage destination for Christians worldwide seeking spiritual connection.

Orvieto

Italy • Europe

Orvieto is famed for the Eucharistic Miracle of Bolsena, with relics preserved in its magnificent Gothic cathedral, drawing pilgrims worldwide.

Ossuccio

Italy • Europe

Ottawa

Canada • North America

Ottawa offers Catholic pilgrims the magnificent Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica, a National Historic Site and spiritual heart of Canada's capital since 1847.

Oviedo

Spain • Europe

Medieval pilgrims said: "He who goes to Santiago and not to the Saviour, visits the servant." Oviedo's Holy Chamber holds Christ's Sudarium.

Padua

Italy • Europe

Home to Saint Anthony's incorrupt tongue and tomb, drawing over six million pilgrims annually to Il Santo—Italy's most visited shrine outside Rome.

Palermo

Italy • Europe

Palermo offers Catholic pilgrims a profound spiritual journey centered on the Sanctuary of Santa Rosalia, patron saint who saved the city from plague and remains beloved throughout Sicily.

Panormitis

Greece • Europe

While primarily an Orthodox site, Panormitis Monastery attracts Catholic pilgrims seeking to honor Archangel Michael, one of Christianity's most revered celestial beings.

Paray-le-Monial

France • Europe

Paray-le-Monial is the sacred site where Jesus revealed His Sacred Heart to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, establishing it as a major Catholic pilgrimage destination.

Paris

France • Europe

France's capital houses the Crown of Thorns at Notre-Dame, St. Catherine Labouré's incorrupt body, and perpetual adoration at Sacré-Cœur since 1885.

Patras

Greece • Europe

Patras holds profound Catholic significance as the final resting place of Saint Andrew the Apostle, whose relics draw Christian pilgrims worldwide to venerate this first-called disciple.

Pavia

Italy • Europe

Pavia houses the tomb of St. Augustine of Hippo in San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro, a major pilgrimage destination for devotees of the Doctor of the Church.

Pellevoisin

France • Europe

Pellevoisin is a significant Catholic pilgrimage site where Our Lady appeared to Estelle Faguette in 1876, establishing devotion to Our Lady of Mercy and the White Scapular of the Sacred Heart.

Penrhys

Wales (UK) • Europe

Penrhys is an ancient Catholic pilgrimage site high in the Rhondda Valley, famous for its miraculous statue of Our Lady and holy well dating to medieval times.

Philadelphia

United States • North America

Home to two major national shrines: St. John Neumann (America's first male saint) and St. Rita of Cascia (Patroness of Impossible Causes), plus numerous other sacred sites.

Piekary Śląskie

Poland • Europe

Piekary Śląskie is one of Poland's most important Marian shrines, drawing thousands of pilgrims annually to the miraculous image of Our Lady of Justice and Social Love (Matka Sprawiedliwości i Miłości Społeczne).

Pietrelcina

Italy • Europe

Birthplace of St. Padre Pio, where the beloved stigmatic friar was born, baptized, and first received the wounds of Christ beneath a humble elm tree.

Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume

France • Europe

Sacred grotto where Mary Magdalene lived as a hermit for 30 years, one of Christianity's oldest pilgrimage sites, drawing over 500,000 visitors annually to the Dominican-run sanctuary.

Plovdiv

Bulgaria • Europe

Plovdiv is home to the magnificent Cathedral of St. Louis, the largest Catholic church in Bulgaria and a significant pilgrimage destination.

Pompeii

Italy • Europe

Home to the Pontifical Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary, founded by Saint Bartolo Longo—a convert from satanism—around a miraculous painting in 1875.

Pontevedra

Spain • Europe

Pontevedra offers pilgrims two significant Marian sanctuaries along the Portuguese Camino route, hosting the Virgin of the Pilgrim and Fatima apparitions.

Pontmain

France • Europe

Pontmain is a major Marian pilgrimage site where Our Lady appeared to four children in 1871, bringing hope during the Franco-Prussian War.

Pöstlingberg

Austria • Europe

Linz's iconic hilltop basilica dedicated to the Seven Sorrows of Mary, reached by the historic Pöstlingbergbahn since 1898.

Prague

Czechia • Europe

Bohemia's thousand-year capital where the Infant Jesus draws pilgrims from across the globe, St. John of Nepomuk was martyred on Charles Bridge, and the coronation cathedral of St. Vitus still guards the relics of patron saints.

Predaia

Italy • Europe

Predaia is home to the magnificent Sanctuary of San Romedio, a medieval pilgrimage site clinging to a rocky cliff where Saint Romedius lived as a hermit.

Puebla

Mexico • North America

Puebla houses the magnificent Rosary Chapel, considered the crown jewel of Mexican Baroque architecture, drawing countless Catholic pilgrims annually.

Québec City

Canada • North America

Québec City is North America's oldest Catholic pilgrimage destination with over 350 years of faith, featuring the renowned Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré Shrine.

Quito

Ecuador • South America

First UNESCO World Heritage city with 17th-century apparitions of Our Lady of Good Success, the incorrupt Lily of Quito at the golden Jesuit church, and the Americas' largest neo-Gothic basilica.

Ramsgate

England (UK) • Europe

Ramsgate hosts the official Shrine of St Augustine of England, commemorating where the Apostle of the English first brought Christianity in 597 AD.

Rankweil

Austria • Europe

Vorarlberg's principal Marian sanctuary where pilgrims climb Liebfrauenberg to venerate a healing Madonna.

Ravenna

Italy • Europe

Eight UNESCO World Heritage churches preserve the finest early Christian mosaics in existence, with the relics of St. Apollinaris and Dante's tomb.

Reims

France • Europe

Reims is the historic coronation site of French kings and home to magnificent Gothic cathedrals. This sacred city draws Catholic pilgrims to witness where Clovis was baptized and monarchs were crowned.

Rocamadour

France • Europe

Rocamadour is a spectacular cliffside pilgrimage site famous for its Black Madonna statue and miraculous healing powers, attracting kings and saints since the Middle Ages.

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Rome

Italy • Europe

Rome, the Eternal City, is the heart of Catholicism and seat of the Pope, drawing millions of pilgrims annually to sacred sites.

Saint Catherine

Egypt • Africa

Saint Catherine's Monastery houses the relics of St. Catherine of Alexandria and marks the biblical Mount Sinai, making it one of Christianity's most ancient pilgrimage sites.

Saint-Étienne-le-Laus

France • Europe

Site of the longest approved Marian apparitions in Church history, where Our Lady appeared to shepherdess Benoîte Rencurel for 54 years (1664-1718), drawing pilgrims seeking healing and reconciliation.

Saint-Gilles

France • Europe

Saint-Gilles was once the fourth most important pilgrimage destination in Christendom, where the relics of Saint Gilles attracted countless pilgrims seeking miracles and blessings.

Saint-Maurice

Switzerland • Europe

Oldest continuously existing Christian monastery in the Western world, founded in 515 to honor the Theban Legion martyrs.

Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume

France • Europe

Home to the relics of Saint Mary Magdalene, this major pilgrimage site features a Gothic basilica where pilgrims venerate the remains of the Apostle to the Apostles.

Sainte-Anne-d'Auray

France • Europe

Sainte-Anne-d'Auray is Brittany's most important pilgrimage site where Saint Anne appeared in 1624, making it France's third major Catholic shrine.

Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré

Canada • North America

Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré is North America's oldest Catholic pilgrimage site, drawing over half-million pilgrims annually to venerate St. Anne, grandmother of Jesus.

Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer

France • Europe

This historic Camargue village houses relics of the Three Marys and Saint Sarah, drawing pilgrims since medieval times with annual May and October processions to the sea.

Salerno

Italy • Europe

Guardian of Saint Matthew's complete relics and the exile tomb of Pope Gregory VII, who died here in 1085 defending the Church's freedom.

Salzburg

Austria • Europe

Birthplace of Christianity north of the Alps, where St. Rupert founded monasteries and Mozart was baptized.

San Antonio

United States • North America

San Antonio offers a rich Catholic pilgrimage experience through its historic Spanish missions and the National Shrine of the Little Flower, America's first shrine to St. Thérèse of Lisieux.

San Diego

United States • North America

San Diego offers Catholic pilgrims significant historic sites including the first California mission and the beautiful St. Joseph Cathedral, making it a meaningful West Coast pilgrimage destination.

San Francisco

United States • North America

San Francisco offers unique Catholic pilgrimage opportunities with the historic National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi, established in 1849 and featuring a replica of Assisi's Porziuncola chapel for spiritual renewal without traveling to Italy.

San Galgano

Italy • Europe

Medieval abbey ruins open to the sky and Tuscany's authentic "sword in the stone"—where a 12th-century knight thrust his blade into rock as a sign of conversion, inspiring centuries of pilgrimage.

San Giovanni Rotondo

Italy • Europe

San Giovanni Rotondo is home to Saint Padre Pio's shrine, drawing millions to venerate this beloved stigmatic priest and experience his spiritual legacy.

San Juan

United States • North America

San Juan, Texas is home to the Basilica of Our Lady of San Juan del Valle, a major Catholic pilgrimage site welcoming over one million visitors annually to honor Our Lady of San Juan.

San Juan Capistrano

United States • North America

Mission Basilica San Juan Capistrano, founded in 1776, stands as California's oldest church still in use and serves as an official National Shrine for Catholic pilgrims seeking spiritual renewal.

San Juan de los Lagos

Mexico • North America

San Juan de los Lagos is Mexico's second most important Catholic pilgrimage site, home to the miraculous Virgin of San Juan de los Lagos.

San Miguel del Milagro

Mexico • North America

Site of 1631 apparition of St. Michael the Archangel, with miraculous healing spring that continues to draw Catholic pilgrims seeking spiritual renewal.

San Nicolás

Argentina • South America

San Nicolás is home to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Rosary, site of approved Marian apparitions and a major Catholic pilgrimage destination in Argentina.

San Salvador

El Salvador • North America

San Salvador stands as a significant Catholic pilgrimage destination, home to the tomb of Saint Óscar Romero and the revered Cathedral of San Salvador.

Sant'Ambrogio di Torino

Italy • Europe

Home to the renowned Sacra di San Michele abbey, this medieval pilgrimage site honors Archangel Michael along ancient European routes.

Santa Maria degli Angeli

Italy • Europe

Santa Maria degli Angeli is a major Catholic pilgrimage site housing the sacred Porziuncola chapel where St. Francis founded the Franciscan order.

Santarém

Portugal • Europe

Santarém is home to the famous Eucharistic Miracle of 1247, one of the most important Catholic pilgrimage sites in Portugal.

Santiago de Compostela

Spain • Europe

Santiago de Compostela is one of Christianity's most important pilgrimage destinations, housing the tomb of Apostle Saint James the Greater and drawing millions of faithful since the 9th century.

Santo Toribio de Liébana

Spain • Europe

One of five places in Catholicism with perpetual indulgences, housing the Lignum Crucis - the largest surviving piece of the True Cross.

Sardhana

India • Asia

Sardhana houses the magnificent Basilica of Our Lady of Graces, built by Begum Samru, India's only Catholic ruler, featuring a miraculous Marian statue and annual November pilgrimages.

Šaštín-Stráže

Slovakia • Europe

Šaštín-Stráže hosts Slovakia's most important Marian shrine, the Basilica of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows, patron saint of Slovakia.

Scherpenheuvel-Zichem

Belgium • Europe

Scherpenheuvel-Zichem is Belgium's most important Marian pilgrimage site, home to the Basilica of Our Lady of Scherpenheuvel, a revered center of Catholic devotion.

Seoul

South Korea • Asia

Seoul is home to Asia's first official Catholic pilgrimage route, featuring the historic Myeongdong Cathedral and sacred sites commemorating Korean martyrs.

Serra San Bruno

Italy • Europe

Home to Saint Bruno of Cologne's tomb and the renowned Carthusian monastery, Serra San Bruno offers pilgrims profound spiritual heritage and tranquility in Calabria's Serre Mountains.

Serralunga di Crea

Italy • Europe

UNESCO World Heritage Sacro Monte where 23 Baroque chapels wind through ancient woodland to a Marian sanctuary attributed to St. Eusebius of Vercelli.

Seville

Spain • Europe

Seville's magnificent Cathedral houses the tomb of Saint Ferdinand III and draws pilgrims during Holy Week processions.

Shkodër

Albania • Europe

Shkodër is the historic center of Catholicism in Albania, home to the country's most important Catholic shrines and a pilgrimage destination for Albanian Catholics.

Šibenik

Croatia • Europe

Šibenik offers pilgrims the magnificent Cathedral of St. James, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and the national shrine dedicated to Croatia's first saint, Nikola Tavelić.

Siena

Italy • Europe

Siena is home to St. Catherine of Siena, a Doctor of the Church, and contains her birthplace sanctuary and relics, making it a significant Catholic pilgrimage destination.

Šiluva

Lithuania • Europe

Lithuania's most sacred Marian shrine, where the weeping Virgin appeared to shepherd children in 1608—Europe's first such apparition.

Šmarje pri Jelšah

Slovenia • Europe

Sokółka

Poland • Europe

Sokółka is a Catholic pilgrimage destination renowned for the 2008 Eucharistic Miracle at St. Anthony of Padua Church, drawing visitors to witness this sacred event.

Sonntagberg

Austria • Europe

Austria's national Trinity shrine on a 712-meter peak, with Daniel Gran's magnificent baroque frescoes and sweeping alpine views.

Souvigny

France • Europe

Eldest daughter of Cluny, Souvigny shelters the shared tomb of Saints Mayeul and Odilo—two abbots whose sanctity made this sanctuary a medieval pilgrimage powerhouse.

St Andrews

Scotland (UK) • Europe

St Andrews holds profound Catholic significance as Scotland's premier pilgrimage destination where Saint Andrew's relics drew medieval pilgrims.

St. Augustine

United States • North America

St. Augustine hosts America's oldest Catholic pilgrimage site, the National Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche, offering 450+ years of faith history and spiritual heritage.

St. David's

Wales (UK) • Europe

St. Davids Cathedral, housing the shrine of Wales' patron saint, was granted papal privilege making two pilgrimages equal to one to Rome in the 12th century.

St. Gallen

Switzerland • Europe

Historic Camino waypoint built on St. Gallus's 7th-century hermitage, famed for the Abbey Library, the Seelenapotheke or pharmacy of the soul.

St. Georgenberg

Austria • Europe

Tyrol's oldest monastery on a rocky outcrop where pilgrims climb to venerate the Holy Blood relic.

St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut

Austria • Europe

Medieval pilgrimage church housing Michael Pacher's masterwork altarpiece, where St. Wolfgang of Regensburg lived as a hermit in the tenth century.

Stary Wielisław

Poland • Europe

Stary Wielisław is home to the International Shrine of Our Lady of Sorrows, a sacred pilgrimage site dating back to the 10th century, officially established by Pope Boniface VIII in 1300.

Steingaden

Germany • Europe

Steingaden is home to the famous Pilgrimage Church of Wies, built after a miraculous weeping statue was discovered in 1738, attracting Catholic pilgrims seeking the Scourged Saviour's intercession.

Studzianna

Poland • Europe

Studzianna is home to a renowned Marian sanctuary with the Basilica of St. Philip Neri and St. John the Baptist, attracting Catholic pilgrims for centuries.

Studzieniczna

Poland • Europe

Studzieniczna is a renowned Marian pilgrimage site famous for its miraculous image of Our Lady and healing spring waters, visited by Pope John Paul II in 1999.

Subiaco

Italy • Europe

Birthplace of Western monasticism, where young St. Benedict lived as a hermit for three years before founding the first Benedictine communities.

Șumuleu Ciuc

Romania • Europe

Șumuleu Ciuc hosts Romania's largest Catholic pilgrimage, drawing 300,000 pilgrims annually for Pentecost celebrations at its Franciscan basilica.

Suyapa

Honduras • America

Home to Honduras' patron saint, Our Lady of Suyapa draws thousands of pilgrims annually to venerate the miraculous 18th-century cedar statue and seek her intercession.

Święta Lipka

Poland • Europe

Poland's "Częstochowa of the North," with a legendary miraculous Madonna, Europe's most enchanting moving Baroque organ, and centuries of pilgrimage to this Jesuit sanctuary amid the Masurian lakes.

Syracuse

Italy • Europe

Home to the miraculous Basilica of Our Lady of Tears, Syracuse offers pilgrims a profound encounter with Marian devotion and modern Catholic miracles in historic Sicily.

Taizé

France • Europe

Taizé is one of the world's most important Christian pilgrimage sites, attracting over 100,000 young people annually for prayer and reconciliation.

Tindari

Italy • Europe

Tindari is home to the renowned Sanctuary of the Black Madonna, an important Catholic pilgrimage site in northern Sicily dating back to the 11th century.

Tlaxcala

Mexico • North America

Tlaxcala is home to two major Catholic pilgrimage sites: the Basilica of Our Lady of Ocotlán and the Shrine of San Miguel del Milagro, drawing faithful seeking miracles.

Toledo

Spain • Europe

Toledo stands as the historic heart of Spanish Catholicism, home to the magnificent Primatial Cathedral and serving as a center of Christian art and pilgrimage since the Reconquista.

Tolentino

Italy • Europe

Shrine of St. Nicholas of Tolentino, first canonized Augustinian and Patron of Holy Souls, with magnificent 14th-century Cappellone frescoes.

Toronto

Canada • North America

Toronto offers Catholic pilgrims sacred spaces including St. Michael's Cathedral Basilica and significant shrines honoring Canada's martyrs and Marian devotion.

Tours

France • Europe

Tours houses the tomb of St. Martin of Tours, the 4th-century bishop renowned as the 'Apostle of Gaul,' making it a major pilgrimage site since the Middle Ages.

Trakai

Lithuania • Europe

Trakai hosts the miraculous Trakai Mother of God icon, crowned by Pope Clement XI in 1718—the first Marian image in Lithuania so honored.

Tre Fontane

Italy • Europe

Site of St. Paul's martyrdom, where three miraculous fountains sprang up—a Trappist abbey with ancient churches and a 1947 Marian apparition grotto.

Trento

Italy • Europe

Trier

Germany • Europe

Trier Cathedral houses the Holy Robe of Christ, drawing pilgrims for 500 years to Germany's oldest bishop's church and sanctuary.

Trieste

Italy • Europe

Trieste offers Catholic pilgrims the renowned National Shrine of Mary Mother and Queen at Monte Grisa, built as a symbol of peace after WWII salvation.

Trnava

Slovakia • Europe

Trnava, known as the Slovak Rome, is a significant Catholic pilgrimage destination centered around the miraculous Merciful Virgin Mary of Trnava.

Trois-Épis

France • Europe

Alsace's only Marian apparition site, where the Virgin Mary appeared to blacksmith Thierry Schoeré in 1491 holding three wheat ears—a symbol of blessing and warning.

Trois-Rivières

Canada • North America

Home to Canada's national shrine to the Blessed Virgin Mary, Notre-Dame-du-Cap Basilica draws thousands of Catholic pilgrims annually to this sacred Marian site.

Trondheim

Norway • Europe

Trondheim houses Nidaros Cathedral, built over St. Olav's tomb, making it Norway's most important Catholic pilgrimage destination and northern Europe's premier medieval shrine.

Trzebnica

Poland • Europe

Trzebnica hosts the Sanctuary of Saint Jadwiga, a major Catholic pilgrimage site housing the tomb of Saint Hedwig of Silesia, drawing pilgrims since the 14th century.

Tuchów

Poland • Europe

Tuchów is home to a renowned Marian sanctuary with a miraculous 16th-century icon, drawing pilgrims for its spiritual significance.

Tucson

United States • North America

Tucson offers Catholic pilgrims spiritual encounters at historic Mission San Xavier del Bac and the Byzantine Mary Undoer of Knots Shrine.

Turin

Italy • Europe

Guardian of the Holy Shroud and birthplace of the Salesian mission, Turin shelters the most contemplated relic in Christendom alongside the tombs of St. John Bosco and St. Pier Giorgio Frassati.

Vadstena

Sweden • Europe

Medieval motherhouse of the Bridgettine Order on Lake Vättern, where St. Bridget's relics rest in the Blue Church and Bridgettine nuns continue her legacy today.

Valladolid

Spain • Europe

Valladolid's magnificent Cathedral serves as the spiritual heart of this historic Spanish city, housing sacred art and architectural treasures.

Vallarpadam

India • Asia

The National Shrine Basilica of Our Lady of Ransom on this island in Kochi's backwaters is known as the 'Lourdes of Kerala,' where a miraculous portrait has drawn pilgrims since 1524.

Valperga

Italy • Europe

UNESCO World Heritage Sacro Monte with 13 Passion chapels (1712) and an 11th-century Marian sanctuary founded, according to legend, by King Arduin of Ivrea.

Varallo Sesia

Italy • Europe

Varallo Sesia is home to the oldest Sacro Monte, a UNESCO World Heritage site founded in 1491 as a 'New Jerusalem' for Catholic pilgrims unable to travel to the Holy Land.

Varese

Italy • Europe

UNESCO World Heritage Sacro Monte with 14 chapels depicting the Mysteries of the Rosary, crowned by a sanctuary housing a 4th-century Madonna.

Velankanni

India • Asia

South Asia's most visited Catholic shrine, where 20 million pilgrims honor the Virgin Mary at the Gothic basilica Pope John XXIII named the "Lourdes of the East."

Vendeville

France • Europe

France's national sanctuary of Saint Rita, where a humble plaster statue arrived in 1928 and now draws 120,000 pilgrims annually seeking the Patroness of Impossible Causes.

Venice

Italy • Europe

Where three Patriarchs became Popes and Christendom's great relics—St. Mark, St. Lucy, St. Zacharias—rest in golden basilicas rising from the lagoon.

Verona

Italy • Europe

City of Saint Zeno with Romanesque masterpieces, Titian's Assumption, and Pisanello frescoes—northern Italy's richest concentration of medieval sacred art.

Vézelay

France • Europe

Vézelay is a major Catholic pilgrimage site housing relics of St. Mary Magdalene. This UNESCO World Heritage basilica was a starting point for the Way of St. James.

Vienna

Austria • Europe

Austria's imperial capital where Baroque churches, Habsburg devotion, and Mozart's sacred legacy create an unmatched Catholic heritage.

Vierzehnheiligen

Germany • Europe

Germany's most spectacular Rococo pilgrimage church, built on the site where a shepherd saw visions of fourteen child-saints in 1445—Balthasar Neumann's masterwork rises above the Main Valley like a prayer in stone.

Vilnius

Lithuania • Europe

Vilnius holds profound Catholic significance as home to the original Divine Mercy image and sacred relics of St. Casimir, Lithuania's patron saint.

Viru-Nigula

Estonia • Europe

Viru-Nigula is Estonia's oldest Marian sanctuary, housing the ruins of 13th-century St. Mary's Chapel and hosting annual Catholic pilgrimages.

Wadowice

Poland • Europe

Wadowice is the birthplace of Saint John Paul II, where pilgrims visit the basilica of his baptism and family home to honor the beloved pontiff's spiritual origins.

Wakaw

Canada • North America

St. Theresa Parish, the National Shrine of the Little Flower in Wakaw, Saskatchewan, offers pilgrims a sacred destination for spiritual renewal and devotion.

Walldürn

Germany • Europe

Walldürn hosts Germany's largest Eucharistic pilgrimage, centered on the famous 1330 blood miracle where Christ appeared on the consecrated host during Mass.

Walsingham

England (UK) • Europe

Walsingham is England's premier Marian pilgrimage site, known as 'England's Nazareth' since the 11th century when the Virgin Mary appeared to Lady Richeldis.

Wambierzyce

Poland • Europe

Wambierzyce is known as 'Silesian Jerusalem' and features a miraculous Marian shrine with centuries of pilgrimage tradition.

Warfhuizen

Netherlands • Europe

Warfhuizen hosts the northernmost Marian shrine in continental Europe, featuring the Sorrowful Mother statue at Our Lady of the Enclosed Garden hermitage.

Washington, D.C.

United States • North America

America's Catholic capital, home to the largest church in North America, a Jubilee Year pilgrimage site, and the cathedral where President Kennedy's funeral Mass was celebrated.

Whithorn

Scotland (UK) • Europe

Whithorn is Scotland's earliest Christian pilgrimage site, home to St Ninian's shrine and Candida Casa, drawing pilgrims for over 1,600 years to seek healing and spiritual renewal.

Winnipeg

Canada • North America

Winnipeg serves as a significant Catholic pilgrimage destination, home to Canada's second martyr's shrine at St. Joseph's Ukrainian Catholic Church, where the holy relics of Blessed Bishop Vasyl Velychkovsky are enshrined.

Zakopane

Poland • Europe

Zakopane serves as a spiritual gateway to the Tatra Mountains, featuring the National Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima, built as a votive offering after the 1981 assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II.

Zapopan

Mexico • North America

Zapopan houses the miraculous Virgin of Zapopan, drawing millions annually to celebrate her October 12th pilgrimage and basilica sanctuary.

Zaragoza

Spain • Europe

Home to Christianity's first Marian sanctuary, where the Virgin Mary appeared to St. James the Apostle on the banks of the Ebro in AD 40.

Zarvanytsia

Ukraine • Europe

Zarvanytsia is Ukraine's most revered Marian pilgrimage site, home to the miraculous Mother of God icon since the 13th century.

Zelená Hora

Czechia • Europe

A UNESCO masterpiece of Baroque Gothic architecture where faith and geometry unite—Santini's star-shaped church honours St. John of Nepomuk, the martyr who kept silent unto death.

Žemaičių Kalvarija

Lithuania • Europe

Lithuania's oldest Calvary, where pilgrims walk 19 hilltop chapels singing ancient Kalnai hymns and venerate the Baltic's largest True Cross relic.