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Rome is the location for the head of the Catholic Church, the Pope, currently Pope Benedict XVI. People come to see Rome and for Catholics visiting the various churches around the city is important. Most pilgrims will go to the Vatican and try to attend a Papal mass. Rome is full of history, and pilgrims will try to see many of the things that relate to Christian history.
People who go on pilgrimageto Rome mostly visit the Vatican City where the Pope lives. The most popular place of pilgrimage for Catholics to go is the The Great Synagogue of Rome. There is also a Sistine Chapel that is very popular. I LIED READ A BOOK!!
Pilgrims try to attend a mass in Saint Peter's Basilica, perhaps attend a papal audince, visit the various museums of the Vatican, admire all the precious works of art found there, including the Sistine Chapel.
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Are pilgrimages just for sick people?
No. A pilgrimage is for anyone. Pilgrims go to special places. Some places are associated with sick people, like Lourdes, but some pilgrimages can be to special places that don't have a particular association with the sick, like Rome or Bethlehem. Even for places like Lourdes, most of the people who go on pilgrimages there are not seriously ill.
Why do people go on pilgrimages to?
People go on pilgrimages to go to a new place where they can freely practice their desired religion without and consequences.
Are pilgrimages a thing of the past?
People still go on pilgrimages, such as Hindus and the Muslims.
Why did medieval people go on pilgrimages?
the main reason they went on pilgrimages is to build their relationship with god
Why do Jewish people go on pilgrimages?
There is no pilgrimage in modern Judaism.
Where do people go on pilgrimage's?
People go on pilgrimages to places likeLourdes where a vast number of miracles have taken place to people who maybe could not walk or could not talk and some of them were healed. Also people go to places like Rome to see the pope in the Vatican city and to pray in St. Peter's Basilica with or without the pope. Some people think that "WHERE" do people go on pilgrimages is the same as "WHY" do they but i don't think so and this is why i have put this up here to give people idea's who have the same perspective
How many people go on pilgrimages?
Catholics are not required to go on pilgrimages to any of the various holy sites throughout the world. Some Catholics never go, others may go on pilgrimages quite frequently.
What can a Christian Jewish and Muslim pilgrims do in Rome?
JudaismModern Judaism does not have pilgrimages. However, even if it did, Rome is of no religious significance for Judaism. Islam viewMuslims don't go to Rome for pilgrimage. They go to Mecca (or Makkah); and its vicinties; in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Why did people go to pilgrimages to Canterbury?
To honor the site of Becket's death.
What are pilgrimages?
a mass movement of people who go on a journey somewhere and tell people stories
What was life usually like for people on pilgrimages?
The life of the people on the pilgrimages can be defined as religious. People went on the pilgrimages in order to pray.
When do people go on pilgrimages?
people go on pilgrims so that their sins would be forgiven. if you want to read a poem about pilgrims then I suggest The Canterbury Tales!
