Add DMNews to your Google News feed. Several years ago, amidst a busy career in education, I decided to do something that would profoundly shift my perspective. My husband and I embarked on a ...

A practical guide to mindful pilgrimage on Spain’s Camino, from supporting villages to reducing waste and respecting culture ...

The Weekend Read / I trudged through Spain as a rift grew within American Catholicism. I returned home with a renewed sense and understanding of faith. Rhian Sasseen It began with the reckless flip of ...

Pilgrims can choose an optional route when walking the Camino de Santiago Portugués Central. It's called the Variante Espiritual (Spiritual Variant in English) route. I walked it in August 2024, and ...

Walking the Camino de Santiago is an unforgettable experience. This ancient pilgrimage route through Spain and Portugal is more than just a hike — it’s a journey filled with history, adventure, and ...

A few tears fell from my father’s eyes as he gazed up at the towering steeples of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. To the average passer-by, the tears my father shed probably appeared to be no ...

Anyone who undertakes the 500-mile Camino de Santiago in Spain deserves some serious credit. And while the numbers of travelers who traverse the path to the shrine of St. James in Santiago de ...

The Camino de Santiago—a network of hiking routes through France, Portugal, and Spain that converge on the shrine of St. James the Apostle in the Galician capital, Santiago de Compostela—has beckoned ...

This is the third time I have walked the Camino de Santiago, the ancient pilgrimage path crisscrossing Europe. When I need to take time out from my daily routine, or when it is time to reflect on my ...

Source: Brendan Kelly Each year, tens of thousands of people throw on a backpack, lace their boots, and head off across northern Spain to walk the Camino de Santiago, an ancient pilgrim path. Some ...

After the punishing summits of the Pyrenees, the Camino to Santiago levels off in Spain’s La Rioja region and the wine for which the region is famous flows copiously at many of the hostels, or ...