'Rent-a-pilgrim' to walk to Fatima for $2,700 Carlos Gil is a "payer-off of promises," at least that is the way the Roman Catholic refers to himself. But he is more commonly known as a "rent-a-pilgrim". The 52-year-old Portuguese national takes on pilgrimages by proxy -- in the name of others -- especially Catholics unable because of sickness to undertake the journey or too busy or lazy for the week-long spiritual walk to the central Portuguese town of Fatima. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES