1900 - present day

The Institute for Pilgrimage Studies at the College of William & Mary in Virginia was created to facilitate the study of pilgrimage through two primary mechanisms.

First, the Institute provides support for the international Consortium on Pilgrimage studies. The Institute supports the Consortium by:

This article discusses the similarities between medieval relic veneration and the events spanning the discovery and reburial of Richard III's remains in Leicester in 2012-2015.

Religious pluralism; inter-faith; urban theology; pilgrimage as a metaphor; migration; Lourdes

Therese of Lisieux; relics; reverse pilgrimage; Salford; saints

Divine Mercy devotion; Krakow; St Faustina