Welcome!!! You picked the right place to ask questions!
I, too, am from the US (Nebraska).
I walked the CF from SJPDP to SDC fall 2023 (Sept 20 - Nov 1) and spring 2024 (April 9-May 16) I'm sure more experienced pilgrims will chime in, but I...
the Compostela is just a piece of paper, a nice souvenir. It means nothing to anyone but the person whose name is on the front.
The pilgrimage... now that's another thing altogether!
Thanks for the reminder. Sometimes I forget that some people have no understanding other than that offered by Ubend.
“sentence from the Inquisition”? Oh come on, the Inquisition acted in Spain and its colonies. It was hardly likely to sentence...
Personally I would argue that anyone who flies to SdC and visits the cathedral and the tomb of the Apostle in the right spirit is making a pilgrimage to Santiago. 30 years ago the cathedral made the decision to make receiving a Compostela...
I agree with you 100%. Millions of pilgrims visit dozens of Christian shrines every year without having to walk there. The 100km rule introduced by the cathedral in the 1990s created huge crowds walking from Sarria and accusations of cheating...
Here's a website where I learned a good bit about what's available here in Spain. Sadly, it's not been updated for a while, but it's a place to start: https://liturgia.mforos.com/1729432-rito-hispanico/
Before the pandemic, it was celebrated every month in Leon at the Basilica of San Isidoro, by priests from a small secular order serving a theological institute-- I have spent half an hour searching for details-- I think I posted on this years...
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