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 ...
According to tradition, Thierry of Alsace, Count of Flanders, brought several drops of Christ's blood from Jerusalem during a crusade in 1150. The relic has since been preserved in the Holy Blood ...
Massive, gilded floats carry statues of Christ and the Virgin Mary through narrow streets. Locals carry these floats as an act of faith, fulfilling family traditions and personal promises. The silence ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
"Holy Week." The words themselves represent something counter-cultural to an ever so consumeristic, violent, fearful and radically individualized culture. A week given over to the Holy? With Palm and ...
In Lebanon, thousands of Christians filled the streets on Saturday, Oct. 4, in a solemn procession honoring Father Bechara Abou Mrad, a Melkite priest whose cause for sainthood is underway. In a ...
Notwithstanding the gloomy weather, thousands of devotees, clustered in hundreds of marine vessels and lined along the bank ...
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 ...