4. True or False! In each of the following, say whether it is true or false.
True
1. A pilgrimage is a journey you must make on your own. 2. The name Via Dolorosa means ‘Street of Sorrows’. 3. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre contains the site of Jesus’s birth. 4. Jerusalem is a sacred site to two religions: Hinduism and Buddhism. 5. The headquarters of the Catholic Church is located in Lourdes.
6. Saint Peter was appointed by Jesus to be the first leader of the Christian community.
7. The title given to the leader of the Catholic Church is ‘Pope’. 8. The Vatican is the smallest country on Earth. 9. The Catacombs are underground tombs in Jerusalem.
10. Pope Sixtus IV commissioned Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
11. The fresco painted behind the altar of the Sistine Chapel is called The Last Judgment.
12. The Camino de Santiago translates as ‘the Way of St John’.
13. The Catholic sacrament in which you confess your sins to a priest is called reconciliation.
14. A Marian shrine is one that celebrates the role played by Mary Magdalene in the story of Christianity.
15. Lourdes is a town situated near the Pyrenees in southern France.
16. The person to whom Mary is said to have appeared to in Lourdes was named Gabriel Gargam.
17. A holy man or holy woman who has lived a life of exemplary goodness is called a saint.
18. To be canonised means to be officially declared a pope by the Catholic Church.
19. Pilgrims who are ill visit the grotto in Lourdes to bathe in its waters.
20. All of the reported 5,000 cures at Lourdes have been declared a miracle by the Catholic Church.
