Roughly 300,000 people make a yearly pilgrimage to a Roman Catholic shrine in New Mexico. They’re often looking for a miracle, spiritual renewal or forgiveness. From special correspondent David Kelly:
The town of Española, N.M., has struggled with drug addiction for generations. But fentanyl has contributed to rising homelessness and overdose rates.“Pilgrimage is praying with your feet,” said Pat Trujillo-Oviedo, a local historian whose family has lived in the area for 12 generations. “It’s an active prayer. There is a reason you are making a pilgrimage and mostly it’s to purify yourself.”
“I keep telling people that if they are serious about this they have to send me a report,” Lee said. “People have told me that they have seen someone come in in a wheelchair and walk out. It happened twice but I didn’t see it. I would like to see it.”has taken no position on the claims.“Physical healing is very important but to some people having hearts that are peaceful and joyful, that is real healing,” he said.
The early Native American inhabitants of the area, a Puebloan people who spoke the Tewa language, also believed the dirt was medicinal. David Ortiz, 58, was sitting just across the road drinking coffee with his mother, Dee Silva, 75, after visiting the church.“When I was in high school our football team was really bad,” Ortiz said. “So I prayed to God that if he let us win, I would make this pilgrimage every year. We won and I have been coming ever since.”
Chimayo is the spiritual hub of a region steeped in Catholicism dating back to the arrival of Spanish missionaries in 1598. Hispanic settlers and their livestock came along with them. Lacking enough priests to serve the far-flung outposts, the Penitente Brothers helped fill the gap. They still do.In Truchas, about nine miles north of Chimayo, a dozen or so Penitentes walked somberly up the hill and into the Morada de Neustra Señora del Rosario.
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