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The US has never had much of a pilgrimage tradition – perhaps now is the opportunity

  • Written by James Mills, Associate Professor of Geography and Environmental Sustainability, State University of New York at Oneonta
The US has never had much of a pilgrimage tradition – perhaps now is the opportunitySites of pilgrimages are few and far between in the U.S.Thomas A. Ferrara/Newsday RM via Getty Images

One feature of the pandemic has been the curtailment of a practice that for millennia has provided an outlet for healing in times of crisis: pilgrimage.

From restrictions on the Hajj for Muslims to the Catholic pilgrimage to Lourdes going virtual,...

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