New Kent Pilgrimage Routes Help Revive the Catholic England of Chaucer

New Kent Pilgrimage Routes Help Revive the Catholic England of Chaucer

Andrew Kelly Pilgrims pose for a picture during the new pilgrimage to Kent. Even though the focal point of their devotions — Becket’s shrine in Canterbury Cathedral — was destroyed by King Henry VIII in 1538, to this day pilgrims walk along that famous route, now known as the Becket Way.