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 been declared ...

People attending a traditional Easter Sunday parade in southern Spain shot and burned an effigy of U.S. President Donald Trump during the celebration. The “Quema de Judas” (“Burning of Judas”) ...

As incense and candles burn, trumpets blare and drums beat, penitents covered in colorful tunics and conical hoods march slowly through the night toward the cathedral. Life-size statues of Jesus and ...

For every holiday in the South, there’s a tradition to go with it, from collard greens and cornbread dressing at Thanksgiving to donning matching pajamas for Christmas. Regardless of what time of year ...

When he was blessing the Easter fire as part of the Easter Vigil, the priest’s vestments caught fire, burning 50% of his body, according to diocesan sources. Father Javier Sánchez, 60, from the ...