That idea of saints intensifying prayer, or flagging it to the right place, persists in Christianity today. But it wasn’t just the graves of martyrs that became holy; it was anything to do with ...

Named for the luminous boulder painted in gold leaves on top of which a small pagoda sits, the sight of this holy place tends to resonate even with nonspiritual visitors. No one is sure when this ...

Three people pray as they touch a part of the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem. Your holy place doesn't have to be world-renowned.

The Bahá’i Holy Places in Haifa and Western Galilee are inscribed for their profound spiritual meaning and the testimony they bear to the strong tradition of pilgrimage in the Bahá’i faith. The ...

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There are always processions making the round of the holy places, sect following sect, with swinging censers, each fumigating away the effect of its predecessor. The central body of the church ...

This place, here—this ground, this water—is holy. But this is just half the story. In Lathrop’s telling, baptism is also liberative. We are baptized into the global body of Christ, into solidarity ...

The pontiff said that “the sickbed can become a ‘holy place’ of salvation and redemption, both for the sick and for those who care for them.” “I have much in common with you at this time ...