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Fuensanta Feast in Córdoba: Bishop Condemns Violence Against Women as City Entrusts Pendón to Patrona

With the image back at the sanctuary after the main procession, the novena now begins with children’s rites on Tuesday.

Overview

  • At the Sept. 8 solemn mass in the sanctuary, Bishop Jesús Fernández urged action against gender violence, decried political polarization, and voiced sorrow over the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.
  • The city delivered its pendón to the Virgen during the Cathedral liturgy, a blessed insignia to be incorporated into future cortejos and kept in her camarín.
  • The Sept. 7 procession returned the image from the Mezquita‑Catedral to the sanctuary under capataz Fernando Chiachío, accompanied by Banda Caído y Fuensanta and Maestro Tejera, arriving around 23:45 to children's traditional campanitas.
  • A youth traslado on Sept. 6 advanced the image toward the Cathedral in prayerful silence with the Rosary, led by capataz Luis Moreno along Agustín Moreno, Cardenal González and the Patio de los Naranjos.
  • The novena runs Sept. 8–16 at the sanctuary, with the presentation of children and passage under the mantle scheduled for Sept. 9.