The pilgrims crawled forward, some barely inching along the rough ground with hands, knees and elbows rubbed raw. The procession of St. Lazarus is one of the largest yearly religious processions ...

STORY: The Saint Lazarus pilgrimage is one of the most important religious events on the island nation, melding Afro-Cuban faiths with Roman Catholic beliefs.Devotees of Saint Lazarus flock to the ...

The St. Lazarus procession is one The pilgrims crawled onward, some hardly moving along the rocky ground, their hands, knees, and elbows rubbed raw. Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT ...

Cuban faithful made a pilgrimage to the shrine of Saint Lazarus on Monday in a display of religious fervor, uncommon in a country that installed an atheist Communist government in 1959. (AP Video ...

HAVANA (AP) — Nilson Torres walked barefoot for 21 days to the St. Lazarus shrine, lugging bags of food and clothes and a cardboard box filled with cigars, rum, and ...

On December 17th, the Catholic Church honors St. Lazarus, a saint you can turn to when you want to pray for a loved one who is ill, asking for their health to be restored.

The pilgrims mix Catholicism with Santería to honor St. Lazarus on a day that reveals many of Cuba’s complexities.