More than 100 victims of Spain's 1936-1939 civil war moved a step closer to sainthood after being beatified as martyrs for the faith. They included two teenage boys as well as an 88-year-old nun who died of bullet wounds after being tied
The Barcelona Archdiocese will combine most parishes into larger pastoral communities, amid falling church attendance and secularization.
A statement on the archdiocesan website said most Spanish dioceses were facing the same process. It said three to six parishes would be grouped together, resulting
Three Red Cross nurses are to be beatified as martyrs in Spain, 85 years after they were raped and shot while caring for wounded Civil War soldiers, having refused to renounce their Catholic faith.
"These martyrs were not linked to either side --
A young priest ordained only six months ago was among the casualties of an explosion at a parish center in Madrid.
The Archdiocese of Madrid confirmed Jan. 21 that Father Ruben Perez Ayala, a priest at the Church of Our Lady of La
Pilgrims who embark on the long journey of the Camino to Santiago de Compostela remind others of the spiritual journey all Christians make through life toward heaven, Pope Francis said.
In a letter marking the opening of the Holy Door at the Cathedral
Catholics in Spain are angry about a new education law that would downgrade religious teaching and restrict state funding for Catholic schools.
If the legislation is approved in the Senate by the end of December, it will take effect in March.
"The whole educational
Euthanasia legislation is headed for the Spanish Senate and, if passed, it would be a defeat for human dignity and would affirm a self-centered view of life that proposes death as a solution to one's problems, the Spanish bishops' conference said.
"To insist
In a report for Our Sunday Visitor, Spanish journalist Priscila Jiménez tells the stories of those living in isolation as the coronavirus rips through the country, which has the second most number of deaths in the world. And while she reports that
Catholic couples in Spain will undergo up to three years of marriage preparation under an initiative by their bishops to reverse the country's high rates of divorce. The Spanish bishops launched Together on the Way, a program to help couples to succeed
Pope Francis named Archbishop Bernardito Auza, who has represented the Vatican at the United Nations since 2014, to be nuncio to Spain and Andorra. The Vatican made the announcement Oct. 1. It did not name a replacement as permanent observer of the