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 ::::There may be some difference between a self-defined religion like Baptist or Mohammedan where people essentially ""vote"" on what the religion consists of. And top-down religions like Catholicism which tells believers what is true and what isn't. The building contains no more ""holiness"" outside of maybe some relics and the Eucharist than a fried egg supposedly resembling some religious figure. Does the Church mind all those ""pilgrims?"" Well, no, but that does not make St. Peters's any holier. It is pov to use that word here. It is article hype perhaps. St. Peter's is just a building, a hopefully atrractive one in which people will want to visit and worship. But just a building.   "