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The May Compostela does not show any 2002 pilgrims from England or Scotland.<BR>
Besides those pilgrims cited before from European countries, the following are listed:<BR>
Nordic Countries (Norway, Sweden and Denmark, I think) 783<BR>
Switzerland 567<BR>
Ireland 342<BR>
Chekoslovakia 125<BR>
Hungary 67<BR>
Poland 65<BR>
Andorra (?) 49<BR>
Slovenia (?) 32<BR>
Slovakia (?) 29<BR>
Luxembourg 20<BR>
Russia 14<BR>
Greece 11<BR>
<B>Bulgaria 9<BR>
Lithuania 7<BR>
</B>Croatia, Islandia (?) and Letonia (?) 5 each<BR>
Rumania and Estonia 4 each<BR>
Albania, Bosnia, Cyprus, Greenland, Feroe Island (??) , Malta, Monaco, Moldavia, Serbia, Turkey and the Ukraine, 1 each.<BR>
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Again, these are the pilgrims that received the Compostela; it might be that pilgrims from Scotland an England, mostly Anglicans and Episcopalians, were not interested in obtaining a document from a Roman Catholic Church.<BR>
Or, it may be, that the omission was a clerical mistake. I will write the people I know at the Archdiocese's office and will inquire. <BR>
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There seem to be a whole lot of new European countries with names reminiscent of those mentioned in Lehar's "The Merry Widow" and Romberg's "The Student Prince".<BR>
Are these countries what Cheney referred to as the New Europe?<BR>
Also, why is Israel listed as an Asian country along with Japan, the Koreas and Vietnam? <BR>
Who or what is playing Monopoly with geography? Am I just overly ignorant?<BR>
Meanwhile, regards from New York City (presently looking to secede from New York State, while Staten Island, one of New York City's five boroughs, wants to secede from the City, and many New Yorkers think that Manhattan should be a city all by itself.. Oh, well!)<BR>
Rosina<BR>
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