Going On Pilgrimage Is No Longer Important

Question 1

Miracles - bad

Answer 1

Some people find it difficult to accept mircales have taken place there, there have been 1000’s of supposed ones but only 70 confirmed ones

Question 2

Commercial

Answer 2

Pilgrimage sites like Lourdes have becomes too commercial, filled with bars and restaurants so it has lost its significance

Question 3

Can worship God anywhere

Answer 3

Christians would argue that they can worship God anywhere, like at home or at church. Also, they could use sculptures or statues

Question 4

Cost

Answer 4

Some would say that it is too expensive so no longer necessary

Question 5

Strengthen what?

Answer 5

Catholics go on pilgrimages to strengthen their faith in God, they can do this by visiting the stations of the cross or statues of the Virgin Mary

Question 6

Share what?

Answer 6

Catholics go to share their faith with others, they take part in processions with thousands of other pilgrims where they pray and sing hymns together

Question 7

How do people get healed?

Answer 7

Many visit Lourdes in hope of Physical and emotional healing, they visit the grotto and drink and bathe in holy water in the hope of being cured

Question 8

Who does it bring they closer to?

Answer 8

God, they give him time and attention. They will attend mass in Lourdes and also take part in the sacrament of reconciliation to confess their sins and seek forgiveness

Question 9

What sort of act might they perform at Lourdes?

Answer 9

A penitential act, this is a way of showing they are sorry for something they may have done