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August 2018

August 16, 2018

The Grandmother Behind the Catechism Death Penalty Change

A 99-year-old Spanish woman is taking credit for having inspired the recent change to the...

July 2018

July 30, 2018

Pope Apologizes to Spanish Priests Acquitted of Abuse

A sobering tale from Spain in the midst of the hysteria in the global Church...

July 26, 2018

“Communitarian” to Trump “Sacred” in Barcelona’s Churches

Earlier this month the Vatican announced that it is preparing guidelines on how to properly...

July 16, 2018

Spanish Bishops Warn Education Reform Will Bring “Dictatorship”

Spain's Catholic bishops are warning of a return to a "totalitarian dictatorship" after the country's...

May 2018

May 21, 2018

Proxy Battle of Catalonian Independence Leads to Church “Rebellion”

The war for Catalonian independence continues to take a heavy toll on the Churches in...

May 03, 2018

Nuns Shame Spanish Bishops in Country’s #MeToo Moment

The acquittal on rape charges of five men who sexually assaulted an 18 year-old girl...

April 2018

April 23, 2018

French, Spanish Bishops Celebrate End of Terrorist Group ETA

The news that the Basque separatist group ETA is to dissolve after a sixty-year reign...

March 2018

March 22, 2018

‘Infovaticana’ Cries Foul After Taste of Own Medicine

The Associated Press has this Tuesday taken up the story of the Holy See's supposed...

February 2018

February 19, 2018

Catalan Bishops Reaffirm “Moral Legitimacy” of Independence Push

In the midst of the political paralysis brought on by the Spanish central government's ongoing...

January 2018

January 04, 2018

‘The Economist’ and the Left-Right Divide in the European Church

An interesting claim last week by The Economist: "Clergy are colliding with Christian soldiers across...

November 2017

November 27, 2017

Outrage in the Spanish Church Over the Imprisonment in Málaga of Nearly 500 Refugees

"Identifying immigrants and refugees with criminals is enormously injust". This Monday noon that of the...

November 24, 2017

Religion Journalists Pledge Unwavering Support for Pope Francis

From our uncompromising vocation for quality religion news, and prompted by both the process of...

November 21, 2017

Maradiaga Praises Pope as a “Man of Dialogue Even in the Face of Hostility”

This Monday saw the beginning, in Madrid, of a week in homage to Cardinal Vicente...

November 02, 2017

The Church Mustn’t Tolerate Political Prisoners in Catalonia

Breaking news this Thursday afternoon from Catalonia as a Spanish High Court judge orders the Catalonian deputy...

October 2017

October 30, 2017

Catalonian Independence: “Simplistic” Attitudes on What is Spanish Must Change

Today on the blog we return to Spain, where we'll look at some Church reactions...

October 09, 2017

Where’s the Church in the Catalonian Push for Independence?

Here we are a week and a day after the controversial Catalonian vote for independence...