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Catholic Church in Spain creates department for relations with Islam
3+ hour, 50+ min ago (330+ words) Spain's growing Muslim population has led that country's bishops' conference to address concurrent pastoral challenges. This new body is part of the Bishops' Subcommittee for Interconfessional Relations and Interreligious Dialogue, chaired by the auxiliary bishop of Seville, Ram'n Dar'o Valdivia....
Spanish bishops speak out after leaks of their meeting with Leo XIV
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (455+ words) As various media outlets claimed to have leaked information about what was said during a meeting of the Spanish bishops with Pope Leo, the Spanish Bishops" Conference issued a clarification. The newspaper El Pa's published an article on Feb. 23 titled…...
Mexican priest appeals to violent criminals to repent and convert this Lent
2+ week, 2+ day ago (680+ words) With Lent beginning on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18, Mexican priest Father Manuel Corral called on those involved in criminal violence to use this liturgical season as an opportunity for inner conversion. With Lent beginning on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18, Father Manuel Corral,…...
World’s tallest Our Lady of Fátima monument inaugurated in Brazil
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (450+ words) The world's tallest monument dedicated to Our Lady of F'tima was inaugurated and blessed on Nov. 13 during the closing Mass of the Marian Jubilee in Crato, located in Cear' state in northeastern Brazil. The 177-foot-tall statue was created by the…...