pilgrimage

A mass took place in the Vatican on Wednesday, to mark the 800th anniversary of St Francis’ visit to Egypt back  in…

Five members of parliament are facing potential investigation over accusations of corruption as they sold free travel pilgrimage visas given…

Italian star tenor Andrea Bocelli made a pilgrimage to the traditional site of Jesus’ baptism Monday, praying for peace as…

Iran says it has reached an agreement with Saudi Arabia for 85,000 Iranian pilgrims to attend the hajj after Tehran…

Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has renewed criticism of Saudi Arabia over how it runs the haj after a…

Millions of Shiite Muslims, beating their heads and chests in mourning, packed the Iraqi city of Karbala Thursday for the…

Prices for the voluntary Islamic Umra pilgrimage have risen by 15 percent, according to Bassel al-Sisi, head of the religious…

The number of Egyptian deaths from a stampede during the Islamic hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia last month have jumped…

Egyptian and Saudi Umra pilgrimage operators and travel agents have discussed a new grade-based system to evaluate the performance of…

Egypt has announced that the death toll among its pilgrims during a stampede in Mecca is now 181, while the…