Spain’s Catholic Church to consider talks on optional celibacy and women priests
The Catholic Church in Spain would like Rome to consider talks on the future of the priesthood including optional celibacy, the ordination of women and
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Pope Francis includes Spain as ‘problematic’, calling for dialogue and peace
Pope Francis has called for ‘dialogue and peace’ in Spain, including it amongst ‘problematic’ countries – yet without directly mentioning the Catalan political crisis. During an in-flight
Jesuit school to remove priest accused of sexual abuse from duty
The Vatican has ordered the Jesuit Order to remove a priest from duty who was accused of sexually abusing two students at the Sant Ignasi
Focus: the on-going challenge of moving Franco’s remains
Although Franco died over four decades ago, in 1975, the task of trying to manage the legacy of the dictator who ruled Spain for 40 years
Emmanuel Macron vows to rebuild Notre-Dame
French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to rebuild the Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris, described as the ‘soul of the nation’. Macron also expressed relief that ‘the
Spanish victims of church sex abuse speak out
A trickle of accusations of sexual abuse against priests in schools and seminaries is starting to erode the wall of silence in Catholic Spain, whose
Montserrat abbot apologises for monk sexual abuse
The father abbot at the monastery of Montserrat in Catalonia has apologised to the alleged victims of monk Andreu Soler, accused by at least five men
Spain’s Catholic Church wants to ‘eradicate’ sexual abuse
Spain’s Catholic Church wants to ‘eradicate’ cases of sexual abuse of minors within the church and not cover them up, the president of the Spanish
Spanish artist defaces Franco tomb
A Spanish artist, Enrique Terneiro, painted a red dove and the slogan ‘For Freedom‘ on Francisco Franco’s tomb on Wednesday, at the vast mausoleum near Madrid where
Vatican backs Spain’s search for Franco reburial
The Vatican said Tuesday it agreed with Spain’s efforts to find an alternative to the Madrid cathedral as a place to rebury late dictator Francisco