C HIMAYÓ, N.M. (AP) — A unique Holy Week tradition is drawing thousands of Catholic pilgrims to a small adobe church in the hills of northern New Mexico, in a journey on foot through desert ...

These ditches, called acequias, turn the high desert of the Taos Valley an improbable green ... that meander through the mountains into the high elevation valleys of northern New Mexico and beyond.

Victoria Trujillo of Albuquerque walks with her crucifix along Juan De Medina Rd on her way to the El Santuario De Chimayo in Northern New Mexico on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. This was Mrs ...

Thousands of pilgrims make their way to El Santuario De Chimayo in Northern New Mexico on Good Friday, April 18, 2025 in Chimayo, N.M. (AP Photo/Roberto E. Rosales) ...

Maria Sandoval leans on a handmade cross bearing the names of loved ones passed as she waits in line to visit El Santuario De Chimayo in Northern New Mexico on Good Friday, April 18, 2025.

CHIMAYÓ, N.M. -- A unique Holy Week tradition drew thousands of Catholic pilgrims to a small adobe church in the hills of northern New Mexico, in a journey on foot through desert badlands to ...