The Iglesia de San Miguel is the pride of this tiny town in Spain’s Basque Country. Yet the 16th-century church, with its spectacular wooden carvings and baroque altarpiece, had fallen on hard times.

In this Dec. 30, 2006 file photo, plumes of smoke rise as firefighters work at the scene after a car bomb exploded in a parking lot at Madrid’s new airport terminal. The Basque militant group ETA had ...

The Iglesia de San Miguel is the pride of Antezana de Foronda, a tiny town in Spain’s Basque Country. Yet the 16th-century church, with its spectacular wooden carvings and baroque altarpiece, had ...

IN the vast Sanctuary of St Ignatius of Loyola, a bulwark of Basque nationalism dominating a valley in the Basque country, Father Bengoa's words resonated across the hall's stone floor. Fr Bengoa, the ...

When Spain's Agencia Católica de Informaciones ran a statement by a leading veteran of the Basque Homeland and Freedom separatist movement (known by its Basque acronym, ETA), declaring his conversion ...

The visit of Pope John Paul to Spain has brought to the fore a number of tensions, which have been reflected in the media. Among issues which have sparked controversy are the Iraq war, the role of the ...

Bishops in the Basque Country have urged the Roman Catholic Church to apologise for its silence over the killing of priests by General Francisco Franco's Right-wing forces during the Spanish Civil War ...

ANTEZANA DE FORONDA, Spain (RNS) The town pooled its resources, stabilized the church walls, sealed the cracks and repaired the roof. Then a 68-year old former Franciscan monk and fine artist ...