SEVILLE, Spain (AP) — With tears of emotion often flowing down their faces, tens of thousands of faithful have packed the rooftops, bridges and narrow streets of this historic city in southern Spain ...
The Holy Week processions in the Andalusian capital are one of Spain’s most iconic traditions. Every year, members of the confraternities or brotherhoods prepare fervently to be part of this eagerly ...
QUESADA, Spain (AP) — Some much needed rain was not going to ruin Holy Week for Alfonso del Río Martínez and his fellow Christians in the southern Spanish village of Quesada. So when there was a break ...
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — A lively scene unfolded in Bankers Hill on Sunday as community members gathered to celebrate the start of Holy Week. Attendees formed a line, walking, drumming and dancing, while ...
In a country defined by deep inequalities and cultural divisions, the Semana Santa celebration plays a key role in forging national identity.
The Church of the Holy Spirit in Lake Forest invited the community to begin their journey through Holy Week on Sunday morning, with a celebration of the Sunday of the Passion, or Palm Sunday.
A video showing a Holy Week procession at the Santa Maria de Gracia church in Cartagena, in the Murcia region of Spain, was shared on social media with false captions saying that it showed satanic ...
Catholic devotees joined a procession to mark Holy Week in Malaga, Spain, on Maundy Thursday, April 17. Footage shows the Spanish Legion joining worshippers in the Procesion del Cristo de Mena in the ...
As royals, presidents and hundreds of thousands of Catholic faithful headed to Rome following Pope Francis's death, a video was shared in social media posts that falsely claimed it showed people ...