There are spiritual and prayerful aspects to a pilgrimage.
In Jerusalem, pilgrims gather each year to trace the steps of Jesus Christ as He carried His cross.
Just south of Pagosa Springs, every year tens of thousands of people make the trek to the village of Chimayo in northern New Mexico to pray inside its 200-year-old chapel before a carved image of Jesus on Good Friday.
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