One day, while searching for a destination for a day trip from Beziers, France, I discovered the Abbaye de Sainte-Marie de Fontchaude. It was not far away and was in a small hamlet surrounded by ...

I’m not religious. But I was raised Catholic—baptized, schooled, and taught to pray at church altars where priests heard confession. The tolling of bells during mass always felt like a call to reflect ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mark Wulf, 81, has never taken a weekend hike, but the retired Salem insurance salesman has now crossed the 500-mile Camino de Santiago route from France to northwestern Spain six times. He went solo ...

The Donegal Camino, drawing inspiration from the Camino de Santiago in northwest Spain, is a series of breathtaking walks along the Wild Atlantic Way taking place in early September every year. The ...

A mother who lost her teenage daughter to suicide has told how a Camino walk with other bereaved parents had a life-changing impact on her. Tracey Monaghan, whose daughter Toni Marie Kenny, 17, died ...