Umbria in Italy beckons for the next Catholic Herald pilgrimage at the end of September. We are venturing beyond the Iberian Peninsula to walk the Via di Francesco Camino to the hilltop town of Assisi.
La Via di Francesco Camino is inextricably bound up with St Francis – his feast day is on October 4, when we shall be walking – and Assisi. The founder of the Franciscans is one of the most venerated figures in Christianity: famous and beloved for his peace-making, his affinity with animals and his life of poverty and piety – including receiving the stigmata.
