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What a papal trip to Spain might accomplish
8+ hour, 45+ min ago (280+ words) Cardinal Jos" Cobo has said it is "likely" that Pope Leo XIV will visit Spain this year, with Madrid and Barcelona emerging as the principal destinations. The comments follow a private audience in October between Pope Leo XIV and the…...
Cadíz: Catholicism, culture and cuisine
6+ mon, 6+ day ago (301+ words) I came to Spain late " my loss. I came to Andalucia even later and seek to remedy that deficiency by returning each winter to escape the grey London skies. Seville and Malaga, Granada and Cordoba are well known to many....
On pilgrimage with Noelle Mering, author of 'Awake, Not Woke"
6+ mon, 6+ day ago (292+ words) Where would you go? Would you make any special stops? Whom would you take? My husband, our six kids, our son-in-law and our first grandchild: Evangeline Lourdes. You can transplant your favourite pub, bar or restaurant onto the route. What…...
Spanish archbishop responds to outcry in Seville over Marian statue restoration
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (630+ words) Archbishop Jos" "ngel Saiz Meneses has called for Catholics in the city of Seville to unite and forgive following the recent restoration of a famous statue of the Virgin Mary, which caused upset and consternation among many when it was…...
Catholics in Seville reduced to tears by botched Virgin Mary restoration
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (562+ words) Catholics in Seville have been left distraught by the attempted restoration of an acclaimed 17th-century statue of the Virgin of Macarena that included the effigy being given extra-long eyelashes before having to be removed due to the scale of the…...
Antoni Gaudí’s eccentric holy path: Spain’s famous architect was unlike other would-be saints
7+ mon, 5+ day ago (919+ words) On 14 April, the late Pope Francis declared the Catalan architect Antoni Gaud" a Venerable Servant of God, recognising his heroic virtues. In doing so, he honoured a mightily talented creative spirit and much revered eccentric. The result was careening, vertiginous…...
Public display of St Teresa’s remains divides opinion in Spain
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (915+ words) The first public display in more than a century of the corpse of Spain's beloved saint who died 440 years ago has split opinion, with some inspired and deeply moved, while others see it as macabre voyeurism. The body of Saint…...
On the hunt for Jesus 'El Cautivo' in the streets of Malaga
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (619+ words) Our Father Jesus the Captive " commonly known as El Cautivo " is one of the most notable works of Jos" Gabriel Mart'n Sim'n and the most venerated image of the people of the Andalusian city of M'laga. Mart'n Sim'n created the…...
World’s tallest cross to remain at Franco monument in Spain
9+ mon, 3+ day ago (1036+ words) The 492-foot cross at Spain's Valle de los Caidos " Valley of the Fallen " will remain standing despite the Spanish government's planned "resignification" of the site, according to the Spanish bishops' conference. The announcement follows controversy and demonstrations against the government…...
Catholic Spain no longer exists, says archbishop
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (344+ words) Spain's rampant secularisation means that the time has ended when a Spaniard could link the country with a Catholic identity. Archbishop Luis Arg'ello, the president of the Spanish Bishops' Conference " CEE, by its Spanish acronym " made the observations when opening…...