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Well-preserved ‘miracle’ body of Saint Teresa, who died in 1582, on display in Spanish church

News Desk13th May 202519th May 2025

13th May 202519th May 2025681

The remarkably well-preserved remains of a 16th-century Catholic saint, who passed away nearly five centuries ago, left viewers in awe when her body was publicly

Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, elected as first American pope, to be Pope Leo XIV

News Desk8th May 202514th May 2025

8th May 202514th May 2025726

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, 69, was on Thursday elected as the first American pope and will be known as Pope Leo XIV, making him the

PM Sánchez: Pope Francis leaves ‘a profound legacy’

News Desk22nd April 202529th April 2025

22nd April 202529th April 20251350

Cardinals in Rome have taken their first decisions following the death of Pope Francis, setting Saturday as the date for his funeral and allowing people

Vatican puts ‘God’s architect’, the Catalan Antoni Gaudí, on path to sainthood

News Desk16th April 202521st April 2025

16th April 202521st April 2025762

The Vatican has put Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí on the path to sainthood in acknowledgement of his ‘heroic virtues’. Often referred to as ‘God’s architect’,

Spanish police arrest suspect over murder of US priest in Andalusia

News Desk27th March 202531st March 2025

27th March 202531st March 2025809

Spain’s National Police confirmed on Wednesday that they had arrested of a man suspected of strangling an 80-year-old American Catholic priest during a robbery in

Spanish government aims to repeal blasphemy law amid free expression debate

News Desk12th January 202517th January 2025

12th January 202517th January 20251233

Spain’s coalition government led by the PSOE socialist party with the Sumar left-wing group has said it will be proposing legislation to stop religious groups

Spanish government wants Catholic Church to compensate its victims of sex abuse

News Desk24th April 20246th May 2024

24th April 20246th May 20241241

Spain on Tuesday approved a plan aimed at making reparation and economic compensation for victims of sex abuse committed by people connected to the Catholic

‘Effeminate’ and ‘shameful’ poster of Jesus angers Spain’s ultra conservatives

News Desk30th January 20245th February 2024

30th January 20245th February 20243832

A poster of Jesus Christ to promote Holy Week in Seville has drawn fierce criticism from Spanish ultra-conservatives, who denounced it as ‘effeminate’ and ‘offensive’ to

Spain’s bishops apologise again for sex abuses, yet dispute number of victims

News Desk31st October 20236th November 2023

31st October 20236th November 20231924

Spain’s Catholic bishops have apologised again for sex abuses committed by church members following a recent report by Spain’s Ombudsman that accused the church of

Up to 440,000 victims of child abuse in Spanish church, Ombudsman reports

News Desk29th October 202331st October 2023

29th October 202331st October 20231998

Over 200,000 children are estimated to have been sexually abused in Spain by the Roman Catholic clergy since 1940, according to an independent commission published

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