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Gaud" and the miracle of La Sagrada Fam"lia
1+ hour, 52+ min ago (78+ words) Mark Mc Ginness, The Catholic Herald on Friday, June 12, 2026 On the centenary of his death, Antoni Gaud's masterpiece, La Sagrada Famlia, has become the tallest church on earth, honoring the brilliant yet tragic Catalan architect who dedictated his life, deep…...
Pope Leo blesses Sagrada Familia's Tower of Jesus, says beauty can lead people to God
1+ hour, 52+ min ago (95+ words) Courtney Mares, OSV News on Friday, June 12, 2026 Pope Leo XIV blessed the newly completed Tower of Jesus Christ at Barcelona's Sagrada Familia basilica June 10, inaugurating the crowning spire that makes the iconic church the tallest Catholic church the world and…...
Address to the Spanish Parliament
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (320+ words) [E]very truly just society is built upon the recognition of the inviolable dignity of the human person. Such dignity precedes any concession by the State and cannot be subordinated to The post Address to the Spanish Parliament appeared first…...
Pope Leo XIV gets caught up in Spain's great debates over soccer and language
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (71+ words) Joseph Wilson, Associated Press on Thursday, June 11, 2026 Pope Leo XIV found himself in the midst of two of Spain's greatest rivalries " over soccer and language " as he landed in Barcelona on Tuesday during his weeklong visit to the country. " The…...
The moment Spain realized Leo XIV is still Catholic
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (76+ words) Javier Villamor, The European Conservative on Thursday, June 11, 2026 Pope Leo XIV's address to the Spanish Parliament on Monday offered a reminder of something that parts of the public debate often forget: a pope is still a pope. What they heard…...
Pope Leo XIV in Madrid: Corpus Christi must not become museum of the past
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (64+ words) Victoria Cardiel, EWTN News on Monday, June 8, 2026 At Mass in Madrid's Plaza de Cibeles, the pope called Spain's centuries-old Eucharistic devotion "a school of faith" for the present and future. " The Origins of the Feast of the Corpus Christi The…...
Leo XIV Recognises Another 49 Catholic Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (85+ words) Rafael Pinto Borges, The European Conservative on Monday, May 4, 2026 The timing of the new recognitions suggests Leo is paying attention to what is happening in Spain'and signaling'that neither the anti-Catholic abuses of the past nor those of the present will…...
Barcelona's Sagrada Familia reaches its maximum height after more than a century
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (95+ words) Barcelona's towering Sagrada Familia basilica reached its maximum height on Friday, though the magnum opus of Catalan architect Antoni Gaud" remains years away from completion. A crane placed the upper The post Barcelona's Sagrada Familia reaches its maximum height after…...
Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin
6+ mon, 3+ day ago (149+ words) Tuesday, December 9, 2025 Juan Diego was born in 1474 with the name "Cuauhtlatoatzin" ("the talking eagle") in Cuautlitl'n, today part of Mexico City, Mexico. He was a gifted member of the Chichimeca people, one of the more culturally advanced groups living in…...
RECONQUISTA
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (799+ words) Friday, October 3, 2025 Let us begin by remembering Covadonga, the great Christian victory in Spain, A. D. 722, and the beginning of the Reconquista. This was a decade before the Battle of Tours, when Charles Martel, "the Hammer," repelled the "unstoppable" Umayyad cavalry, preparing…...