Hundreds of thousands of Catholic pilgrims slogged for days under a punishing sun through country roads, sandy paths, even a river ford to reach the tiny hamlet of El Rocío in southern Spain for ...

even a river ford to reach the tiny hamlet of El Rocío in southern Spain for Pentecost weekend. An icon of the Virgin Mary — La Virgen del Rocío — has been venerated in this remote area ...

A tattoo of the Virgin of El Rocio covers the back of Paloma Maria, a pilgrim from Cordoba, who crosses the Quema River near Aznalcazar, Spain, a crucial point in the annual Catholic pilgrimage to ...

even a river ford to reach the tiny hamlet of El Rocío in southern Spain for Pentecost weekend. EL ROCIO, Spain (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Catholic pilgrims slogged for days under a ...