With tears of emotion often flowing down their faces, tens of thousands of faithful have packed the rooftops, bridges and ...

Catholic devotees joined a Holy Week procession in Spain on Maundy Thursday. Footage shows worshippers at the Semana Santa ...

Drawing thousands of visitors — including actor Antonio Banderas this year — they come to witness the majestic processions, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Penitents of ‘San Gonzalo’ brotherhood process through the streets of Seville during Holy Week in Spain, Monday, April 14, ...

A penitent holds her cross as she prays before the start of the procession in the brotherhood of La Sed, during Holy Week in Seville, Spain, Wednesday April 16, 2025.

bridges and narrow streets of this historic city in southern Spain to watch much-venerated images of Jesus and the Virgin Mary carried in hourslong processions throughout Holy Week. “To see her ...

Altar servers crowd at a window to watch the passing of the Christ of the San Bernardo brotherhood during Holy Week in Seville, Spain, Wednesday April 16, 2025.

bridges and narrow streets of this historic city in southern Spain to watch much-venerated images of Jesus and the Virgin Mary carried in hourslong processions throughout Holy Week. “To see her ...