A pilgrimage like no other

Kate Orson says following in the footsteps of the Waldensians in Italy made her grateful for freedom and challenged her to start memorising scriptures 

Up in the mountainous region of Piemonte in Northern Italy there is a story that the devil thinks he won.

It’s the story of a group of believers known as the Waldensians who were persecuted and killed for their refusal to renounce the Christian faith.

The movement was named after Peter Waldo who, in around 1140, sold all his possessions to spend his life preaching the gospel. Waldo gathered a group of followers who were declared heretics by the Catholic church.