I am not a Catholic, though I have probably been to more Catholic masses in French, Spanish and Italian during my various pilgrimage adventures of the last few years than services in my "home church" of English Methodism.
However I suggest that...
The logic argument seems to work in the Pope's favor and what he says is true. The route IS a Catholic Pilgrimage...period. Those that are not Catholic and choose to walk it should be respectful. They don't have to partake in the pilgrim...
The Camino is an ancient pilgrimage route. But not everyone who walks is Catholic or even uses bibles in their religion. Some are atheists. Remember that, Pope Francis was specifically, addressing Italian Catholics! What if The Pope had been...
Pope Francis understands pilgrimage as Christian pilgrimage, as already pointed out.
As I said, take the articles in the various languages as a whole to better understand what he talks about. He doesn’t talk about silence to find onself and who...
The responses above sadden me beyond, well beyond, my ability to respond to what they have written ...
Have modern humans gone so far in lack of humility and awareness of other? Is the modern world so lost and ego-centric that people can go on...
Wow! @Paulo Arantes This is such a thorough and informative report , it will be a great help to anyone thinking about taking this route and also to me when I do the next stage of my pilgrimage. Thank you very much.
Attached to this post there is a PDF with the story.
Most of the media I recorded are on movies. Hopefuly I'll edit and post them here soon.
Summary
I bring clarifications in advance to those who want more direct information on this path.
It...
Congratulations @Pilgrim 122!!!
I agree with many of your impressions. It is a very beautiful route and well worth doing. In the next few days I will post my impressions and you will have options from Trespaderne. I'm glad you also liked this...
Thanks @Paulo Arantes , it is a shame we didn't meet , you were quite a few days ahead of me. I look forward to reading your impressions. I looked at the link you posted for the polarsteps with the live updates and enjoyed seeing the photos , I...
I have just returned from walking part of the Camino Viejo. This was part of a pilgrimage I am making, in stages, from Rome to Santiago de Compostela and this section was from Jaca , on the Aragonese to Dobro.I didn't want to re-walk any Caminos...
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