Santa Semana—or Holy Week—in Spain is a big, BIG deal. Started in the 1600’s as a way for the “common folk” to understand and participate in religion, today, the Holy Week events have ...

‘I defended myself like Bruce Lee in priest’s clothing’ Contreras was stabbed the morning of Sept. 24, 2020, when he was spending a few minutes in prayer before celebrating the 7:45 a.m. Mass.

Father Javier Sánchez, 60, from the Archdiocese of Zaragoza in Spain died April 4, 2024, a victim of burns suffered when his liturgical vestments caught fire from a candle during the Easter Vigil ...

ELCHE, Spain (AP) — Spain is getting ready for one of its most revered holiday periods of the year: Easter Week, which means thousands of colorful and noisy religious street processions that ...

These hooded robes do appear to be a fixture over Easter in Spain and Italy, but have little or nothing to do with the KKK, according to numerous sources.Nor is it clear whether the KKK copied the ...

Bianca Censori faces calls for 'public indecency arrest' in Spain as she 'horrifies' locals with outfit Censori previously shocked onlookers when she turned up to the Grammys in a totally ...

BRITS heading to Spain this Easter have been warned to brace for showers, low temperatures and even snow – just days after horror floods swamped Lanzarote and two other holiday hotspots. More… ...

Typical Apostle costumes are also a common sight at these processions in Spain. Chicharro’s float is carried by 35 bearers, with brothers on standby to relieve them along the procession route.

Father Javier Sánchez, 60, from the Archdiocese of Zaragoza in Spain died April 4, ... When he was blessing the Easter fire as part of the Easter Vigil, the priest’s vestments caught fire, ...

Spain is getting ready for one of its most revered holiday periods of the year: Easter Week, which means thousands of colorful and noisy religious street processions that draw multitudes onto the ...