The decline of Catholicism in Spain mirrors that of Christianity as a whole across Europe, the continent that exported the ...

Hundreds of thousands of Catholic pilgrims slogged for days under a punishing sun through country roads, sandy paths, even a ...

Thousands of girls and young women who were accused of perceived moral failings - from pregnancies outside marriage to ...

The last 50 years has seen a massive decline in Catholicism in Spain, according to new figures. At the time of General Franco ...

Spain and Portugal are predominantly ... The Vatican's political influence is often underestimated. The Roman Catholic church is the only religious body that is, at the same time, a sovereign ...

In Spain, about a million people have participated in the annual pilgrimage honoring the Rocío Virgin, a Catholic icon of the Virgin Mary. Venerating the Rocío Virgin has been a ...

Pilgrims walk through dusty terrain near Aznalcazar, Spain, during the annual Catholic pilgrimage to the shrine of the Virgin ...

Christianity, according to Britannica.com, is a world religion rooted in the life, teachings and death of Jesus Christ, and Roman Catholicism is the largest of its three most significant offshoots.