The country has entered yet another year of dry conditions, and communities are desperate for relief.
Parishioners in the Northeastern mountain village of L’Espunyola held a special mass and procession in honor of Our Lady of the Torrents, a local virgin associated with rain, in late March, the Associated Press. Villagers carried a statue representing the Lady on a platform with flowers in veneration. “We have asked with faith, and many people have come and prayed with faith,” Bishop Francesc Conesa told the AP. “The Lord will give us what suits us.
emergency funds from the European Union to support farmers and ranchers amid the extreme drought conditions. Currently, about 27% of Spain is experiencing a drought emergency or drought alert, according to data from the Ecological Transition ministry.
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