Pilgrimage: The Road through Portugal

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Seven celebrities tackle a modern-day pilgrimage that promotes tolerance for all cultures.

Celebrities take a journey of a lifetime. They all have different faiths and beliefs - will stepping in ancient footsteps on a spiritual journey broaden minds?

The Road through Portugal

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Bobby Seagull

Millie Knight

Nabil Abdulrashid

Rita Simons

Shane Lynch

Su Pollard

Vicky Pattison

Kathryn Wellington

Caroline Matthews

Michele Kurland

Pilgrimage: The Road through Portugal: Episode 3

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After 14 days and 364 kilometres, the group finally reach the famous Sanctuary of Fatima.

In Coimbra, there are visits to a convent, a mosque and a synagogue. Finally, after 14 days and 364 kilometres, the group finally reach the famous Sanctuary of Fatima.

In the medieval city of Coimbra, the group split up. Millie, Su, Vickie, Shane and Bobby visit the St Theresa convent and meet a Carmelite nun who served one of the three shepherd children. Nabil finds a mosque for Friday prayers and invites Rita to join him. Keen to connect with her own Jewish culture, Rita seeks out an old synagogue in Tamar and asks Millie to join her.

After 14 days and 364 kilometres, the group finally reach the famous Sanctuary of Fatima. Over 70,000 people from around the world gather in the sanctuary to celebrate the reported sighting of the Virgin Mary over 100 years ago.

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Seven celebrities of differing faiths set out on a modern-day pilgrimage in Portugal.

Seven celebrities of differing faiths and beliefs set out on a modern-day pilgrimage in Portugal in celebration of reported apparitions of the Virgin Mary over 100 years ago.

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