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Pope Francis includes Spain as ‘problematic’, calling for dialogue and peace

News Desk27th November 20193rd December 2019

27th November 20193rd December 2019831

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

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Jesuit school to remove priest accused of sexual abuse from duty

Newsdesk / ACN8th October 20198th October 2019

8th October 20198th October 2019449

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

Newsdesk / ACN4th July 20199th July 2019

4th July 20199th July 2019637

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

News Desk16th April 201918th April 2019

16th April 201918th April 2019564

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

AFP18th February 201919th February 2019

18th February 201919th February 2019817

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

SiE Newsdesk / ACN / Catalan News3rd February 201918th February 2019

3rd February 201918th February 2019961

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

AFP19th November 201821st November 2018

19th November 201821st November 2018866

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

Ben Norman / AFP1st November 20182nd November 2018

1st November 20182nd November 2018889

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

Tim Parfitt / AFP30th October 20182nd November 2018

30th October 20182nd November 2018778

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

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