There is a marked increase in the number of pilgrims seeking peace by going to visit religious sites so reports Mary Jordan, Washington Post Foreign Service.
Todd M. Johnson, of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Massachusetts, says 7 percent (150 million people) of the world's Christians go on pilgrimages each year. She says 2.1 million people went to Mecca in December 2006 and an estimated 70 million Hindus went to the Ganges River, India in January and February alone for spiritual cleansing.
Is this an internet boom or a population explosion?
