The Caminhos de Nossa Senhora (CNS) is a pilgrimage route that was created in 2009 by the Polish priest Cristóvão Sopicki. It extends from the state of Rio de Janeiro to the state of São Paulo, with the objective of reaching the Cathedral Basilica National Sanctuary of Nossa Senhora Conceição Aparecida, in the city of Aparecida / SP, which is the largest Catholic temple in Brazil and the second largest in the world, smaller only than St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican.