A hospitalidade na Romaria de Nossa Senhora de Caravaggio/ Farroupilha/ RS sob a ótica da Igreja Católica

Abstract

The issue of hospitality and welcoming people has aroused interest in the academic environment in this time marked by great human nobility resulting from factors taking place in different geographical spaces. In the religious dimension, pilgrimages have increased to sacred sites around the world. In the face of this, this study aims to assess the hospitality that is offered, by the Catholic Church, to the pilgrims coming to the Shrine of our Lady of Caravaggio, Farroupilha, RS, in the pilgrimage held annually on May 26. This paper is, therefore, focused on the hospitality that the Catholic Church offers to pilgrims from the analysis of the interviews conducted with the people that are part of the Church and who have been involved with the pilgrimage in different times. The discourse of these representations will be treated by the method of discursive textual analysis so as to understand how these people perceive the hospitality offered by the Church in this pilgrimage and how it takes place, with a view to contributing to Religious Tourism.