With the burgeoning global faith tourism industry, every day brings something new. Today's big news is the Vatican's launch of an airline service dedicated to pilgrims. With 200 million Christian travelers journeying each year to sacred sites, the timing couldn't be any better.
You can read the BBC story in its entirety here. Listed below are highlights from the story:
* Vatican launches new airline service for pilgrims
* Low-cost carrier
* Inaugrual flight on August 27 (Rome to Lourdes, France)
* The Italian airline (Mistral) will provide the plances
* Seats are decorated with the incription "I search for your face, Lord."
* Possible future flight destinations: Fatima in Portugal, Santiago di Compostela in Spain, the
Holy Land, Poland, Guadalupe (Mexico)
* Flight crew will be "specialised in the voyages of a sacred nature"
according Italy's Ansa news agency.
* BBC's David Willey in Rome reports that some 200 million Christian pilgrims expected to visit
holy places in different parts of the world this year.
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