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The news spread like a California wildfire—and it was heard worldwide. There was a run on First Republic Bank, a 37-year San Francisco financial bedrock where I had worked for 13 years. My friend from ...

It is thought that pilgrims have been walking along Northern Spain's coast in search of Saint James' tomb to the city of Santiago de Compostela since the ninth century. This thousand-year-old ...

Fancy a modern-day pilgrimage to the Spanish site of Santiago de Compostela? Whether you’re a Catholic pilgrim or just want a good walk, these divine crisscrossing routes have something for everyone.

To begin at the end: the remains of the apostle Saint James (or Sant Iago, in Spanish) are believed to repose in an urn, in a tomb, in a crypt, in the looming medieval cathedral of the city named ...