I have been annoyed with this all too common misconception since the 1990s.
From a Catholic perspective, and certainly in what I understand from these remarks by the Pope, a foot pilgrimage is from Parish to Parish to Parish and is rooted in not...
Talk to your podiatrist, talk to your physician. Most of us are not professionals and the ones that are will say the same thing - go for a personal consultation.
The Italian version Il Papa ai pellegrini di Santiago: lungo la strada attenti a chi è nel bisogno has something that the other language versions don’t have: a link to the actual speech that Pope Francis gave during this audience. Present were...
Every year at this time I am drawn through the mists of time to a very meaningful moment in my life. Long ago, and I mean long ago, I was a young single constable in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). I was alone on patrol on Christmas...
Ah David. Where is it written “Mock not for thou shall be also…”
I’ve no doubt that Francis is a good and honourable man. Some of his recent interventions support that assumption. But the long history of the Papacy from the Borgias to Pius XII...
The Chemin d'Arles is mainly (if not all) GR and the GR system of waymarking is infinitely superior to the yellow arrow system having been devised before GPS existed. Keep your eyes on the route and you should be fine. The only time you will...
Hmm, I use my Fitbit to keep my cardiologist off my back and my iPhone for navigation when necessary. Mapy.cz is quite good for that but I find a general sense of direction and paying attention to waymarks works best. I’ve been impressed over the...
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