In late March 2024, near the time the Christian holiday of Easter was observed, a European Easter tradition went viral on social media. A number of posts appeared to show Spanish and Italian Easter ...

Easter is right around the corner and the desire to share warm wishes for joy, renewal, and togetherness transcends linguistic and cultural boundaries. The day is celebrated among Christians of ...

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 draw ...

The parades feature dozens of people dressed in religious tunics and distinctive pointy hoods, and elaborate floats - Copyright AFP Ishara S. KODIKARA The parades ...

Mari Carmen Perez brushes palms to be used during Palm Sunday processions at a shop in Elche, eastern Spain, Tuesday, March 21, 2023. (Credit: Bernat Armangue/AP.) Listen ELCHE, Spain — Spain is ...

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”) ...

In Spain, Easter is one of the most significant events of the year, with the biggest celebrations taking place during Holy Week — known locally as Semana Santa. But what exactly happens during Semana ...

Father Javier Sánchez of the Archdiocese of Zaragoza in Spain died early this morning from burns he suffered when his liturgical vestments caught fire from a candle during the Easter Vigil on Saturday ...

On Easter Sunday five years ago, Pierce Todd Withers attended the holiest of Christian celebratory masses at the famed Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain. For the faithful, the ...

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 ...