Pilgrimage Coursework
Rome and the Vatican City
Introduction
This essay will focus on pilgrimage, those of Christian pilgrimage in particular. A pilgrimage is a journey that many Christians, and people of other faiths, make in their lives to a place of religious significance.
A place of pilgrimage may be regarded as significant because Jesus lived, died or was resurrected there (the Holy Land), a Saint lived or died there (Assisi), Mary was sighted in that place (Lourdes), or it is the location where a miracle happened or a relic is kept. Christians might go on pilgrimage to strengthe…