Religious Italy

Rome and the Vatican City : the spiritual capital for all the Catholics around the world. The St. Peter’s Basilica, built on the site where St. Peter was martyred, is unsurpassed in beauty and pilgrims come from around the world to visit it, the greatest of the world’s churches.

The visit to the Vatican Museums is also a must : the Tapestry Gallery, the Raphael Rooms and the most overwhelming Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo’s Masterpiece, restored mural of the Last Judgment.

Furthermore it is possible to attend the weekly Papal Audience or Blessing given by His Holiness Pope Benedicy XVI.But a religious journey to Italy is not only for visiting Rome and the Vatican City

Here following you’ll find some of the are other places.

 

Assisi

Despite the millions of tourists and pilgrims it attracts every year, Assisi remains a quiet refuge and retain its medieval hill-town charm.
It is the birthplace of St. Francis (San Francesco), Italy’s premier saint.
St. Francis was born here in 1182. He founded the order of the Franciscans and his message was disarmingly simple: throw out the materialistic trappings of daily life and return to a love of Good rooted in poverty, chastity and obedience.
The Basilica of St. Francis comprising two churches,one built on the top of the other, suffered extensively for the earthquakes of 1997, but after several years of intense international support and dedicated work, both have been restored.
In the crypt of the Basilica of St. Chiara, there is the incorrupt body of this saint, who at the age of 17 founded the Order of Poor Clares, the female wing of the Franciscan. St.Clare is also the saint patron of television.
To be visited also the Sanctuary of San Damiano and the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli.

Loreto

Thousands of Catholic pilgrims travel here every year, because they believe that angels transferred the house of the Virgin Mary from Palestine to this spot. The “Madonna of Loreto” is considered the patron of the aviators. Inside the Basilica you can see the House in which Jesus grew to manhood, and in which the Holy Family lived.

 

 

Padua

The city is located only 37 km west of Venice. The majestic Basilica of St.Antony is an important place of pilgrimages and houses its tomb. His tongue and the vocal cords were discovered incorrup and are preserved here. The saint’s tomb is bedecked by requests for his intercession to cure illnes and thanks for having done so.
The sculptures and reliefs of the high altar are by Donatello, master sculptor of the Renaissance.

 

 

San Giovanni Rotondo

Located in south Italy, is a modern centre for pilgrimage as here lived Padre Pio, a Capuccino priest dead in 1968 and recently nominated Saint by the Pope. Pio received the stigmata on his hands and made a lot of miracles. About eight millions pilgrims pass through here every year, making it the most visited pilgrimage site in the world after Lourdes.

Other places that deserve a visit :

Monte Sant’Angelo for the Grotto of Michel the Arcangel, Lanciano and the Eucharistic Miracle, Monte Cassino a beautiful town founded by St. Benedict in 529, Cascia for the Sanctuary of St. Rita and the magnificent landscapes of Sacred Mountains declared Unesco World Heritage site.

 

2006 Prices (per person per day) for groups of min. 25 persons.
accommodation in 3 star hotels or religious houses in double rooms with shower/WC.

All rates are in EURO per person, net to us, not commissionable. Please add your mark up.