Articles by Nicolás de Cárdenas
Ana Finat — aristocrat, influencer, and convert: Trusting in God gives immense freedom
Oct 12, 2024 / 08:00 amThe Spanish influencer and aristocrat Ana Finat, a descendant of St. Francis Borgia, has just published the story of her conversion.
‘They were heroes and saints’: Campaign pushes back on how America was evangelized
Oct 11, 2024 / 08:00 amThe Catholic Association of Propagandists (Advocates) in Spain has launched a campaign on the discovery and evangelization of America.
Conflict between Opus Dei and Spanish diocese to be mediated by papal commissioner
Oct 10, 2024 / 16:50 pmPope Francis has appointed Archbishop Alejandro Arellano Cedillo as pontifical commissioner to address a conflict between Opus Dei and the Diocese of Barbastro-Monzón.
Another 4,000 20th-century martyrs in Spain will be beatified in coming years, expert says
Oct 8, 2024 / 07:00 amSpain has 3,500 beatified martyrs from the religious persecution of the 20th century and another 4,000 could also be beatified in the coming years.
Theologian participating in Synod on Synodality heralds heterodox views
Oct 1, 2024 / 07:00 amSpanish theologian Cristina Inogés argued in a recent document that “Christianity should never have become a religion.”
Pope Francis asks cardinals to achieve ‘zero deficit’ in the Catholic Church
Sep 20, 2024 / 13:35 pmPope Francis has called on cardinals to work to achieve the goal of “zero deficit” in the economy of the Catholic Church.
Catholic manifesto calls on faithful to act coherently in the face of societal crisis
Sep 19, 2024 / 06:00 amThe Congress of Catholics and Public Life has issued a manifesto that calls on Catholics to offer solid foundations to a society that lives “as if God did not exist.”
Vatican announces press conference on ‘spiritual experience’ of Medjugorje
Sep 16, 2024 / 13:15 pmCardinal Víctor Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, will lead a press conference on the “spiritual experience” of Medjugorje.
Some people in Papua New Guinea walked 3 weeks to see Pope Francis
Sep 6, 2024 / 16:00 pmSome people even came from the Solomon Islands, about 885 miles to the east in the South Pacific.
Pope Francis appoints new ordinary for Armenian Catholics in Eastern Europe
Aug 21, 2024 / 14:46 pmThe Holy See Press Office announced the appointment of Archpriest Kevork Noradounguian as the new ordinary for Armenian Catholics in Eastern Europe.
Vatican announces theme for World Day of Peace 2025
Aug 8, 2024 / 15:46 pm“Forgive Us Our Trespasses, Grant Us Your Peace” is the theme chosen by Pope Francis for the next World Day of Peace.
Paris 2024: 7 arrested ‘at gunpoint’ for calling for an end to attacks against Christians
Aug 7, 2024 / 16:38 pmThe seven were aboard a bus protesting the attack against the faith of Christians that was featured during the opening ceremonies of the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Cardinal Koch shares considerations for next conclave, pope, ecumenism
Aug 2, 2024 / 07:00 amCardinal Kurt Koch said in a recent interview that a conclave “is not a political thing, but a prayer” and that a pope “must be a man of faith.”
French Dominican friar created the motto for the Olympic Games
Jul 26, 2024 / 17:45 pmThe motto of the modern Olympic Games, “Faster, Higher, Stronger,” was coined by French Dominican friar Louis Henri Didon in the 19th century.
Carmelite friends of Pope Francis in Spain to leave convent after 400 years
Jul 24, 2024 / 18:30 pmThe 412-year uninterrupted presence of the Discalced Carmelites in the Lucena, Spain, monastery will end.
Pope Francis’ desire for Olympics is to foster world peace, which is ‘seriously threatened’
Jul 19, 2024 / 14:47 pmIn a message addressed to Archbishop Laurent Ulrich of Paris, Pope Francis expressed his fervent desire that the Olympic Games would foster world peace.
Bishop reminds vacationers: Only in God does the soul find rest
Jul 19, 2024 / 07:00 amIn a new pastoral letter Bishop Ginés García Beltrán of Getafe, Spain, points out that “rest is good and necessary.”
Euro 2024: Bishops highlight the faith of the coach of Spain’s victorious soccer team
Jul 15, 2024 / 17:20 pmSeveral Spanish bishops have congratulated the country’s national soccer team and highlighted the Catholic faith of their coach, Luis de la Fuente.
Pope Francis meets with Opus Dei prelate Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz
Jun 24, 2024 / 17:30 pm“The audience, which lasted about half an hour, took place in an atmosphere of warmth and affection on the part of the Holy Father,” the prelature reported.
Culture of death advances in Spain with two new developments
Jun 19, 2024 / 17:30 pmThe culture of life suffered two setbacks recently as the culture of death advanced again in Spain.