Traditional Chartres Pilgrimage in France Is a Victim of Its Own Success

May 25, 2023 by Web Master

Pilgrims arrive at the Chartres cathedral on June 1, 2009, during the annual Pentecost pilgrimage.

For the first time in 40 years, the organizers of the famous Catholic route linking Notre Dame of Paris to Chartres Cathedral will have to turn away pilgrims due to an overflow of registrations.