In our increasingly topsy-turvy world – which is putting it nicely: some would say our digital, technocratic-centred society is becoming ever more bleak, alienated and corrupted – Spain’s famous Camino de Santiago pilgrimage offers an oasis of human dignity and flourishing.
This was brought home to me recently when my Long Range Pilgrimage (LRP) that started in Germany’s capital city, Berlin, finally met up in northeastern Spain with the rollercoaster ride that is the Camino Francés, the most well-known and popular segment of the Camino’s myriad pilgrimage routes that thread through Europe.
