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Catholic Churches, Shrines & Places of interest World-Wide

There are thousands of Catholic churches, shrines and places of interest throughout the world, some well-known and some little-known. We are continually adding new places to visit…so check back regularly.

Looking for a Catholic Mass En-route?

Airport Chapels world-wide with Catholic Mass

Churches or Chapels near major cruise ports (embarkation or disembarkation….or a port call along the way)

Mass on a cruise: how to find out if there will be a priest on your cruise who will be celebrating Mass.

Multi-Country Destinations for Catholic travelers:

Anglican Rite Parishes: In 2009, Pope Benedict created new structures in the Church, essentially non-geographical dioceses, that were a response to centuries of prayer from Anglicans seeking unity with the Catholic Church

     For Catholics nourished in the Anglican and Episcopal traditions in Australia: The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross

     For Catholics nourished in the Anglican and Episcopal traditions in the U.S.A. & Canada: The Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter.

Catholic Walking pilgrimages experiences that give peace and spiritual renewal in France, Italy, Ireland, Portugal, Spain & U.S.A.

Destination Weddings for Catholics

Eucharistic Miracles around the World

European-Style Christmas Markets around the World

Holy Land: Includes Israel Egypt Jordan

Places associated with Saint Mary Magdalene

Replicas of the Lourdes Grotto in various countries

Worldwide: Shrines of Saints and Intercessors:

Catholic Churches, Shrines & Places of Interest by Continent:

Continent of Africa

Algeria

Angola

Botswana (Africa) How about a Catholic safari?

Cameroon

Cape Verde

Côte d’Ivoire (formerly Ivory Coast)

Democratic Republic of the Congo (the D.R.C.)

East Timor:  See Timor-Leste below

Egypt (the vast majority of its landmass and population lie in the northeastern corner of the African continent, while a smaller portion (the Sinai Peninsula) extends into Southwest Asia.

Equatorial Guinea

Antarctica

Not really a country…a whole continent…..and yes, there are Catholic Churches!

Continent of Asia

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Belarus

China (Communist China…officially known as The Peoples Republic of China)

Egypt (the vast majority of its landmass and population lie in the northeastern corner of the African continent, while a smaller portion (the Sinai Peninsula) extends into Southwest Asia.

Georgia (Republic of Georgia)

Holy Land: Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Turkey

Hong Kong: (Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China)

India

Indonesia

Iran (The Islamic Republic of Iran)

Iraq

Israel 

Continent of Australia

Australia (a country and a continent)

Caribbean (a sub-region of the continent of North America)

Aruba

Cayman Islands

Cuba

Dominican Republic

Guadeloupe Islands (Caribbean)

Haiti

Continent of Europe

Albania

Andorra

Armenia

Austria

Belgium

Bosnia & Herzegovina (Medjugorje)

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus (Republic of Cyprus)

Czech Republic (Czechia)

Denmark

England (United Kingdom)

Estonia: Tallinn

Finland

France: mainland Europe plus Corsica and Martinique

Germany

Greece (Mainland Greece & Greek Islands of Cyprus, Mykonos, Patmos, Santorini, Simi and Tinos)

Gibraltar (British Overseas Territory)

Holland: See The Netherlands

Hungary

Ireland (Republic of Ireland)

Italy (Including Vatican City)

Continent of North America

Note:  You will occasionally find places listed as being in Central America.  There is no such continent as “Central America”, there is an area called central America, but most of those countries are on the North American continent.

Canada

Greenland

Guatemala

Iceland

Continent of South America

Argentina

Bolivia: Our Lady of Copacabana

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Ecuador

El Salvador

Guatemala

Venezuela

 

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Ivory Coast (officially Côte d’Ivoire)

Jamaica

Japan

Jordan

Korea (Commonly called South Korea)

Kuwait

Latvia

Lebanon

Lesotho

Lithuania

Malta

Martinique (overseas region of France)

Mauritius

Mexico

Moldova

Monaco (MonteCarlo) 

Mongolia

Montenegro

Morocco

Myanmar (formerly Burma)

Nepal

Nicaragua

Northern Ireland (United Kingdom)

North Macedonia  (a separate country, not to be confused with Macedonia in Greece)

Norway

Northern Ireland (see United Kingdom)

Oman

Pakistan (Islamic Republic of Pakistan)

Panama (Republic of Panama)

Papua, New Guinea

Paraguay

People’s Republic of China (Communist China)

Peru

Philippines (see The Philippines)

Poland

Portugal (including The Azores)

Qatar

Republic of China (Taiwan)

Romania

Russian Federation

Rwanda

San Marino ( a land-locked country within Italy)

Saudi Arabia

Scotland (United Kingdom)

Serbia

Seychelles (Republic of Seychelles)

Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

South Africa

South Korea (Republic of Korea)

Spain (including the Canary Islands)

Sri Lanka

Sweden

Switzerland

Syria

Tajikistan (Republic of Tajikistan)

Tanzania

Thailand

The Bahamas (Commonwealth of the Bahamas)

The Netherlands (Holland)

The Philippines

Timor-Leste (East Timor)

Turkey (Türkiye)

Turks and Caicos (British Overseas Territory)

Uganda

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al-Quwain, Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah.

United Kingdom (U.K.)
England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales plus The British Dependencies and The British Overseas Territories.

Wales (United Kingdom)

United States of America (U.S.A.)
50 states plus Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

Vietnam (Socialist Republic of Vietnam)

 

 

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