In Spain, about a million people have participated in the annual pilgrimage honoring the Rocio Virgin, a Catholic icon of the ...

Pilgrims, their faces and vibrant flamenco dresses coated in dust, congregated around an ox-driven carriage carrying the icon ...

EL ROCIO, Spain — Their faces, hats and flamenco dresses caked in dust, hundreds of pilgrims gathered around an ox-driven ...

He then entered the chapel that houses the Marian icon, traditionally attributed ... the Gospel canticle spoken by the Virgin Mary after the announcement of the archangel Gabriel — Pope Leo ...

The Associated Press Catholic pilgrims gather in El Rocío in Spain to venerate an icon of the Virgin Mary, AP explains Posted: June 7, 2025 | Last updated: June 13, 2025 Tens of thousands of ...

He then entered the chapel that houses the Marian icon, traditionally attributed ... Magnificat — the Gospel canticle spoken by the Virgin Mary after the announcement of the archangel Gabriel ...

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So it became Christian belief that Mary had to be a virgin when she conceived Jesus ... over the centuries which has made her a dehumanised icon, separating her from the normal experiences of ...

Tens of thousands of pilgrims have descended on the tiny Spanish village of El Rocío to take part in riotously colorful and ...

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

Tens of thousands of pilgrims have descended on the tiny Spanish village of El Rocío to take part in riotously colorful and ancient festival, la Romería del Rocío, or the Rocío virgin pilgrimage.