The Camino de Santiago is filled with rich traditions that make the journey special. The scallop shell is a symbol of the ...

Santiago de Compostela is one of the major centres of Christianity in the world — but the city’s sense of spirituality goes ...

The Camino de Santiago is arguably the world’s most ... with each strip covering half of another layer like the shell of an armadillo. Chafing: Wear clothing that is lightweight and breathable ...

Many people return home feeling transformed. Since the mid-1990s, the numbers of people walking the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route to what the faithful believe to be the tomb of Saint James ...

(RNS) — In her early 30s, Rachael Sanborn found herself in a bad relationship and dreaming of an escape to the Camino de Santiago in Spain, a pilgrimage her father had undertaken that had ...

I place it at the front of the church, near the altar, then take a seat in one of the old wooden pews to contemplate the last several days spent hiking the Camino de Santiago. I’ve walked over ...

In 2023, nearly half a million people walked the Camino de Santiago in Spain. About 40 per cent of those walked for purely religious reasons, according to statistics released by the pilgrims ...