US EditionGood Friday Across Latin America Brings Faith Into the Streets
Devotees marked the crucifixion of Jesus with processions, while half a million attended one ceremony in Guayaquil, officials and organizers said.
- Thousands of Catholic devotees commemorated Good Friday yesterday across Latin America with processions and ceremonies re-enacting the crucifixion of Jesus.
- More than 60% of adults in Mexico, Peru, and Argentina identify as Catholic according to 2024 surveys by the Pew Research Center and Latinobarómetro, though the faith's regional share has declined over the past decade.
- In Ecuador, about 80% of the population identifies as Catholic; the Jesús del Gran Poder procession in Quito drew more than 150,000 faithful filling historic center streets with chants and prayers.
- President Rodrigo Paz, who took office last November, broke with Bolivia's constitutional precedent by attending Palm Sunday Mass and Good Friday ceremonies in Tarija.
- In Antigua, Guatemala, participants dressed as penitents known as cucuruchos processed through cobblestone streets during more than a dozen Holy Week ceremonies set against volcanic backdrops; thousands in Colombia climbed Monserrate Hill at more than 10,200 feet to attend Mass in Bogotá.
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Independent EspañolIn Ecuador, where it is estimated that 80% of the population is identified as Catholic, processions were also carried out in the main cities of the country.
Good Friday across Latin America brings faith into the streets - The Morning Sun
Thousands of Catholic devotees commemorated Good Friday across Latin America with processions and ceremonies re-enacting the crucifixion of Jesus. In Antigua, a colonial-era city in southern Guatemala, dozens dressed in purple and white robes and made their way under the early morning sun, many of them penitents known as “cucuruchos.” Others carried centuries-old images of Jesus through cobblestone streets. The city hosts more than a dozen proce…
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Good Friday across Latin America brings faith into the streets
Catholic devotees across Latin America have marked Good Friday with processions and rituals re-enacting the crucifixion of Jesus, from Guatemala’s historic streets to Ecuador, where hundreds of thousands took part in major processions.
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