Author Question: Who is the Catholic Black Madonna? a. She is a brown or dark-skinned wooden statue or painted ... (Read 176 times)

newbem · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

Who is the Catholic Black Madonna?

a. She is a brown or dark-skinned wooden statue or painted image representing Saint Mary.
b. She is a manifestation of Saint Mary who appeared in Africa in the late 1800s.
c. It is a statue of the Virgin Mary that is used for sorcery and witchcraft.
d. It is an ethnocentric term that non-Catholics use to refer to the Marianist focus of the Catholic Church.
e. She is a faith healer in Ghana who rose up in the late 1970s and now leads a revitalization movement within the Catholic Church.

Question 2

All of the following statements about pilgrimages are correct except:

a. a pilgrimage is a sacred journey involving religious drama.
b. a pilgrimage demands personal sacrifices.
c. pilgrims usually wear special clothing, carry amulets, or perform prescribed rituals along the way. d. pilgrims travel to sacred sites with expectations.
e. pilgrimages are practiced by Christians, Buddhists, and Hindus, but not Muslims.