On Wednesday, February 4th, the Paul VI Foundation will host a workshop aimed at exploring the value of the Camino de Santiago and its contribution to the development of a European identity. Called “Camino de Santiago: a cultural, natural and spiritual itinerary”, the workshop is part of a reflection on integral ecology, a perspective that aspires to harmoniously integrate the human, environmental and spiritual dimensions together. The meeting – as the web page of the Spanish Foundation says – will bring together prominent voices from the ecclesial world and from pastoral care. Sister Elena Hernández (Roman Congregation of St Dominic) will open the workshop with a keynote speech on the assistance and integral care of pilgrims, based on the personal experience she acquired along the Camino de Santiago. Then, the Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, monsignor Francisco José Prieto Fernández, will speak of the Camino as of a “Way of hope for Europe”, by relating the Jacobean spiritual tradition to the social, cultural and environmental challenges that the continent is called to face. The workshop will be closed by Eduardo Agosta, Director of the Department of Integral Ecology of the Spanish Episcopal Conference, who will reflect on the importance of integrating Christian spirituality with ecological responsibility.