A dream...

...to someday walk the Camino de Santiago.

The long and winding road

For many years I was unable to travel. Now that I can travel I haven't the health to be able to do this. I'll have to stick with shorter, more local pilgrimages.

It was a dream, and I guess it will stay a dream...

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There are so many arguments

on both sides of this issue...

Catholic Clergy Protest Pope’s Visit, and Its Price Tag

"The priests, along with dozens of left-leaning groups demanding a secular state and young people who occupied many of Spain’s main squares for months to protest the government’s handling of the economy, are planning at least one major protest march on Wednesday. "

The most important thing I would remind the clergy about is what usually happens when a secular state comes about, right OR left. History, even in Spain, proves it out. Clergy die. The secular states that come about due to 'revolution' of one sort or another are not friends of the Church or it's members and representatives.

Having said that and speaking as a Franciscan, yes, despite the effect on young people, the price tag is scandalous!

Mind you, far more money is taken in at movie theatres across the country in one weekend when a new movie is released...

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