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    Stories of saints, biblical events, angels, and sacred places.

    The baroque facade of the Convent of Saint Teresa in Ávila, Spain, built on the site of the saint's birthplace
    Ávila and the Convent of Saint Teresa
    Teresa of Ávila was born in a house now enclosed inside a grand baroque convent, built on the spot where she later began her Carmelite reform movement.
    The domed Baroque exterior of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar beside the Ebro River in Zaragoza, Spain
    The Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar, Zaragoza
    The Basilica of the Pillar in Zaragoza marks Christianity's earliest Marian apparition tradition, said to have appeared to Saint James while Mary still lived.
    The octagonal exterior brick walls and apse of the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy
    The Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna
    San Vitale in Ravenna preserves the finest surviving Byzantine mosaics outside Istanbul, including famous portraits of Emperor Justinian and Theodora.
    A nineteenth-century photograph of the traditional Tomb of Lazarus at Bethany, near Jerusalem
    Bethany and the Tomb of Lazarus
    Bethany near Jerusalem is where Jesus raised his friend Lazarus from the dead after four days in the tomb, one of the Gospels' most dramatic miracles.
    The twin openwork Gothic spires of Burgos Cathedral rising above the old town of Burgos, Spain
    Burgos Cathedral: Spain's Filigree Gothic Masterpiece
    Burgos Cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage Site famed for its lace-like Gothic openwork spires, holds the tomb of Spain's legendary hero El Cid at its crossing.
    The stone facade and bell tower of the Wedding Church in Kafr Kanna, the traditional site of Cana in Galilee
    Cana: The Village of Jesus's First Miracle
    Cana in Galilee is remembered as the small village where Jesus turned water into wine at a wedding feast, the first public sign recorded in John's Gospel.
    Ruins of the ancient white limestone synagogue at Capernaum on the shore of the Sea of Galilee
    Capernaum: The Town Jesus Called Home
    Capernaum on the Sea of Galilee's shore became Jesus's home base, the fishing town of Peter where he taught in the synagogue and worked many recorded miracles.
    The famous red-and-white striped double arches of the former Great Mosque of Córdoba, now the interior of the Cathedral of Córdoba, Spain
    The Cathedral of Córdoba: A Church Built Inside a Mosque
    The Cathedral of Córdoba, known as the Mezquita-Catedral, rises inside a vast 8th-century mosque, a UNESCO site layered with over a millennium of history.
    A nineteenth-century engraving of the village and landscape traditionally associated with biblical Emmaus
    Emmaus: Where the Risen Christ Was Recognized
    Emmaus is where two disciples recognized the risen Jesus in the breaking of bread, though the road's exact village location remains genuinely disputed.
    The small stone chapel identified as the House of the Virgin Mary on a hillside near Ephesus, Turkey
    Ephesus and the House of the Virgin Mary
    Ephesus in modern Turkey holds a small stone house tradition identifies as Mary's final home, discovered following a nineteenth-century visionary's account.
    A stone courtyard building at the Gethsemane garden compound in Jerusalem, with an ancient gnarled olive tree in the foreground
    Gethsemane and the Church of All Nations
    Gethsemane at the foot of Jerusalem's Mount of Olives is where Jesus prayed in agony the night before his death, now marked by the Church of All Nations.
    The massive ancient stone enclosure of the Cave of the Patriarchs and Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron
    Hebron and the Cave of the Patriarchs
    Hebron's Cave of the Patriarchs holds the traditional burial place of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and their wives, purchased by Abraham as recorded in Genesis.
    An ancient sycamore tree in Jericho traditionally associated with the biblical story of Zacchaeus
    Jericho and Zacchaeus's Sycamore Tree
    Jericho, one of the world's oldest cities, is where a short tax collector climbed a sycamore tree to see Jesus and found his life changed by the encounter.
    The Basilica of Our Lady, Queen of Ireland, at Knock Shrine in County Mayo, Ireland
    Knock Shrine, Ireland
    In 1879, fifteen villagers in rural County Mayo watched a silent Marian apparition for two hours in the rain, turning a small parish church into Knock Shrine.
    The exterior apse of Monreale Cathedral near Palermo, Sicily, showing its intricate interlaced stone and mosaic decoration
    Monreale Cathedral, Sicily
    Monreale Cathedral in Sicily blends Norman, Byzantine, and Islamic craftsmanship into an interior covered almost entirely in shimmering gold mosaic art.
    The Memorial Church of Moses on the summit of Mount Nebo in Jordan, overlooking the Jordan Valley
    Mount Nebo: Where Moses Saw the Promised Land
    Mount Nebo in modern Jordan is where Moses viewed the Promised Land he would never enter, dying nearby in a place Scripture says no one has ever found.
    The twin-towered facade of the Basilica of the Transfiguration on the summit of Mount Tabor in Galilee
    Mount Tabor: The Mountain of the Transfiguration
    Mount Tabor rises alone above the Jezreel Valley in Galilee, the traditional site where Jesus was transfigured in dazzling light before Peter, James, and John.
    The chapel of the Convent of Saint-Gildard in Nevers, France, where Saint Bernadette Soubirous died in 1879
    Nevers and the Shrine of Saint Bernadette
    Bernadette Soubirous left the fame of Lourdes for a quiet convent in Nevers, France, where she died in 1879 and her body remains visibly incorrupt today.
    The basilica of the Niepokalanów friary near Warsaw, Poland, founded by Saint Maximilian Kolbe
    Niepokalanów: Saint Maximilian Kolbe's Friary
    Maximilian Kolbe built Niepokalanów, near Warsaw, into one of the world's largest friaries and a mass-media operation, before Nazi Germany occupied Poland.
    The surviving facade of the Basilica of Saint Benedict in Norcia, Italy, after the interior collapsed in the 2016 earthquake
    Norcia: Birthplace of Saint Benedict
    Norcia, the mountain town in Italy where Benedict of Nursia was born, lost its basilica to a 2016 earthquake — but its facade and crypt still stand today.