Organized by the Catholic lay nonprofit organization Notre-Dame de Chrétienté — “Our Lady of Christendom” — since 1983, the pilgrimage to Chartres gathers each year thousands of pilgrims from all ages ...
The 43rd annual Paris-Chartres pilgrimage concluded on Monday with a solemn high Mass at Chartres Cathedral, marking the end of a record-breaking three-day journey that drew 19,000 participants — the ...
The Vatican Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments is reportedly looking into enforcing restrictions on the Latin Mass at the annual Chartres pilgrimage, according to a ...
Over 19,000 young Catholics will walk from Paris to Chartres this weekend in what has become France’s largest traditional pilgrimage — but this year’s journey unfolds under unprecedented Vatican ...
Partly built starting in 1145, and then reconstructed over a 26-year period after the fire of 1194, Chartres Cathedral marks the high point of French Gothic art. The vast nave, in pure ogival style, ...
American Friends of Chartres Honors the Memory of Col. Welborn B. Griffith, the first World War II “Monuments Man” on Aug. 16 He died exactly 70 years ago, Aug. 16, battling in France against the ...
Chartres' famous cathedral is arguably Europe’s best example of pure Gothic. A great side trip from Paris is the city of Chartres — and its famous cathedral, arguably Europe’s best example of pure ...
Forces of light and darkness are battling for the soul of perhaps the finest of all medieval cathedrals – Chartres, 70 miles south of Paris. Should 800 years of dirt be left romantically intact? Or ...
In 2009, the French Ministry of Culture began an $18 million restoration of the medieval Chartres Cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage Site 50 miles southwest of Paris. By 2017, the Gothic structure is ...