Over a century in the making, the Tower of Jesus Christ, designed by famed Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí, will soon crown the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, making it the tallest Catholic Church in the world.| Catholic Review
After 800 years of silence, the pipes from the oldest organ in Christendom played again, filling the reception hall of Jerusalem's Franciscan Monastery of St. Saviour with the unique sound of the 11th-century liturgical chant, Benedicamus Domino Flos Filius.| Catholic Review
The northwestern French city of Nantes waited for this moment for five long years and on Sept. 27, reopened its cathedral after the 2020 arson attack. The church celebrated with local and state officials present, and topped its reopening with ballet dancers flying on the cathedral's square.| Catholic Review
Just in time for the elevation to the papacy of Pope Leo XIV, the American-born cardinal who was for many years a missionary in Peru, the Walters Art Museum is displaying a rare treasure of the Catholic Church in colonial Peru. | catholicreview.org
As the Catholic Church celebrates the Jubilee Year of 2025, Malta is quietly emerging as one of its most compelling pilgrimage destinations — a place where spiritual renewal unfolds not amid the crowds of Rome, but along lesser-known paths shaped by centuries of faith, resilience and cultural continuity.| catholicreview.org
A pilgrimage is a profound and deeply personal experience, often led by a desire for spiritual growth and connection. Peter Bahou, founder and president of the travel company Peter’s Way Tours, knows this better than most. Born in the ancient city of Jaffa, Israel, Bahou was educated from a young age by the Franciscans of the Holy Land, who immersed him in the sacred stories and places of Christianity.| catholicreview.org
Walking through the serene green spaces of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs in Auriesville, N.Y., it is hard to imagine the scene that greeted St. Isaac Jogues and St. René Goupil at the same site in 1642.| catholicreview.org
