An estimated 500 Catholic mission churches remain in northern New Mexico, where the Rocky Mountains taper off into desert mesas to the west and endless plains to the east. The San José Catholic ...

In New Mexico, descendants of Spanish families are trying to preserve 400-year adobe churches built by Catholic missionaries that are integral part of the region.

An exterior view of the San Jose de Gracia Catholic Church is seen in Las Trampas, New Mexico, on April 14, 2023. New Mexicans are fighting to save their historic adobe churches and the unique way ...

CORDOVA, New Mexico (AP) — Besides their history, these churches anchor a uniquely New Mexican way of life for their communities, many of which no longer have schools or stores, and struggle ...

Mora County in northwest New Mexico took the brunt of the damage, the remnants of which remain strikingly visible. In the neighborhood of Real De La Casa, blackened trees, barren peaks and scarred ...