Fabio Mateus

Walking 1,850 miles to see Pope Francis, pilgrim feels renewed

By Janet Tappin Coelho — July 29, 2013
RIO DE JANEIRO (RNS) On March 15, Fabio Mateus packed a rucksack with a spare pair of sneakers, a raincoat, a hammock and $20 in his pocket, and started walking. Pilgrimages are a Brazilian tradition, built on a belief that to deepen religious experience a person must make sacrifices and suffer a degree of pain.
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