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<p>Karen Willmus wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE><b><font color="#0080C0"> </font></b>If you
didn't go on a pilgrimage for religious reasons, what value does the Church's
compostela have for you? Buy a postcard and have your fellow pilgrims
autograph it congratulating you that you made it.</blockquote>
.........seems reasonable.
<p>Why does any non -religiously motivated pilgrim care if his or her Certificate
is not issued by the Church but is issued by the state/city/ or even
the United Nations instead? (Santiago is a UN cultural heritage
site) Isn't it reasonable to to permit the Church the freedom to respond
to those with a religious motive, and allow the state to respond to those
whose motive is cultural/adventure/historical....
<p>MJ Anderson
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