The journey on foot, 20 miles for some, is through desert badlands to reach a spiritual wellspring. A unique Holy Week tradition is drawing thousands of Catholic pilgrims to a small adobe church ...

Maria Sandoval leans on a handmade cross bearing the names of loved ones passed as she waits in line to visit El Santuario De Chimayo in Northern New Mexico on Good Friday, April 18, 2025.

N.M. -- A unique Holy Week tradition is drawing thousands of Catholic pilgrims to a small adobe church in the hills of northern New Mexico, in a journey on foot through desert badlands to reach a ...

A unique Holy Week tradition is drawing thousands of Catholic pilgrims to a small adobe church in the hills of northern New Mexico, in a journey on foot through desert badlands to reach a ...

They are called sky islands. Tall mountains surrounded by a “sea” of desert, yet, almost literally, not a drop of water to be ...

Thousands of Pilgrims Trek Through New Mexico Desert to Historic Adobe Church for Good Friday CHIMAYÓ, N.M. (AP) — A unique Holy Week tradition drew thousands of Catholic pilgrims to a small ...

Thousands of pilgrims make their way to El Santuario De Chimayo in Northern New Mexico on Good Friday, April 18, 2025 in Chimayo, N.M. (AP Photo/Roberto E. Rosales) ...