URBI ET ORBI

Burgundy: A Pilgrimage through the Soul of Christian Europe The pilgrimage through Burgundy offered the priests on sabbatical an opportunity to discover Cluny, the “Second Rome,” the heart of medieval Christendom from which the great Cluniac and Cistercian reforms radiated across Europe. It also revealed the enduring strength of a Christian faith that continues to express itself through charity, most visibly in the Hospices de Beaune and their world-famous charity wine auctio