An estimated 500 Catholic mission churches remain in northern New Mexico, where the Rocky Mountains taper off into desert mesas to the west and endless plains to the east. The San José Catholic ...

CORDOVA, New Mexico — Ever since missionaries started building churches out of mud 400 years ago in what was the isolated frontier of the Spanish empire, tiny mountain communities like Cordova ...

SANTA FE – Shrinking populations in rural New Mexico villages are putting aging churches at risk because the buildings aren’t receiving the same upkeep as previous generations. The Santa ...