Articles by Nicolás de Cárdenas
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Secularization: Being born in Spain no longer means you’re Catholic, archbishop says
Apr 1, 2025 / 17:24 pmArchbishop Luis Argüello opened the Spanish Bishops’ Conference’s 127th plenary assembly this week with a deep analysis of Spain’s growing secularization.
Cardinal’s role in effort to ‘resignify’ Franco era war monument sparks controversy
Mar 30, 2025 / 08:00 amCardinal José Cobo is defending his role as an interlocutor between the Vatican and the Spanish government in the process of resignifying the Valley of the Fallen.
Regnum Christi: Principal resigns following arrest of school chaplain on sex abuse charges
Mar 26, 2025 / 15:45 pmFather Jesús María Delgado, principal of Highlands El Encinar school in Madrid, has resigned in the wake of complaints of sexual abuse against the school’s chaplain.
Salesians elect Maltese priest Fabio Attard as Don Bosco’s 11th successor
Mar 26, 2025 / 13:05 pmMaltese priest Fabio Attard was elected as the new rector major of the Salesian congregation during its general chapter, becoming the 11th successor of St. John Bosco.
Catholics celebrate 100th anniversary of priestly ordination of St. Josemaría Escrivá
Mar 24, 2025 / 07:00 amOn March 28, the centennial of the priestly ordination of St. Josemaría Escrivá will be celebrated with liturgical and academic events in Zaragoza, Spain, and in Rome.
Regnum Christi to review abuse prevention policies following arrest of former official
Mar 13, 2025 / 15:35 pmRegnum Christi has announced that it will review the protocols it has in place in Spain following five allegations of abuse against Legionary priest Marcelino de Andrés Núñez.
Opus Dei prelate: ‘These are difficult times in the world and in the Church’
Mar 13, 2025 / 14:20 pmIn his latest pastoral letter, the prelate of Opus Dei, Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz, reflected on how Christians should live joyfully in the context of “difficult times.”
Legionaries of Christ priest accused of abusing 5 schoolgirls in Spain
Mar 13, 2025 / 06:40 amAccording to several statements released by Highlands El Encinar School in recent days, Spain’s National Police arrested the priest on March 6.
Spanish government considers including abortion as a constitutional right
Mar 5, 2025 / 16:40 pmSpain’s minister of equality, Ana Redondo, said such an inclusion would be “a good way to protect sexual and reproductive rights and, above all, the freedom of women.”
Teacher at Opus Dei school in Spain maintains innocence after abuse conviction by Vatican
Mar 5, 2025 / 15:10 pmJosé María Martínez, a teacher at Gaztelueta School (an Opus Dei institution located in Lejona, Spain) was notified of his second conviction on Monday, March 3.
Spanish bishops: Conditions for Pope Francis to resign are not met
Feb 27, 2025 / 17:50 pmThe secretary-general of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference, Bishop Francisco César García Magán, said the conditions for Pope Francis to resign have not been met.
Poor Clare abbess criticizes Vatican order to close convents with fewer than 5 nuns
Feb 26, 2025 / 18:07 pmSister María Victoria Triviño, OSC, made her critique in an article regarding the recent closure of a monastery that had been in existence for 700 years.
Islamist threat against Spanish cathedrals provokes calls for more security
Feb 26, 2025 / 07:00 amThe Observatory for Religious Freedom and Conscience is calling on Spain’s Ministry of the Interior to strengthen security at the country’s cathedrals after an ISIS threat.
Salesians to elect new rector major to replace Cardinal Fernández Artime
Feb 24, 2025 / 10:40 amCardinal Ángel Fernández Artime has had to resign in order to take up his new duties in the Vatican Curia at the request of Pope Francis.
Pastor of Medjugorje’s parish church to skeptics: ‘Come and see’
Feb 11, 2025 / 06:00 amFather Zvonimir Pavicic, OFM, welcomed the recent Vatican recognition of the spiritual phenomenon at Medjugorje as a call to make the recognition more widely known.
Cardinal Koch rejects extreme traditionalist, progressive positions on Vatican II
Feb 9, 2025 / 07:00 amCardinal Kurt Koch reflected the tension between the two essential parts of the Second Vatican Council: fidelity to the sources and fidelity to the signs of the times.
Spanish diocese cancels parish prep course for blessing irregular couples
Feb 5, 2025 / 06:00 am“This way of accompanying Christian faithful who are in such situations does not correspond with the teaching of Pope Francis,” the Diocese of Huelva said in a statement.
‘Jesus was not a yogi’: Bishop refutes theories spread by priest
Feb 4, 2025 / 08:00 amSpanish Bishop José Ignacio Munilla warned about the theories spread by Father Pablo d’Ors that suppose a “crazy interpretation of the Gospel.”
Cardinal Pizzaballa on truce between Israel and Hamas: ‘It was absolutely necessary’
Jan 17, 2025 / 16:05 pmCardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa said that in the Holy Land “people are happy because this war has worn us down, exhausted us, and wounded everyone’s lives.”
Franciscan expert on artificial intelligence addresses its ethical challenges
Jan 17, 2025 / 07:00 amFranciscan friar Paolo Benanti emphasized that “the reality we are facing is different from that of 10 or 15 years ago and it’s a reality defined by software.”