Nicolás de Cárdenas

Nicolás de Cárdenas

Nicolás de Cárdenas has been the correspondent for ACI Prensa in Spain since July 2022. In his journalism career he has specialized in socio-religious topics, and he has also worked for local and international civil associations.

Articles by Nicolás de Cárdenas

Spanish university cancels Rupnik chapel project

Jan 17, 2024 / 19:45 pm

Francisco de Vitoria University in Spain has canceled its planned chapel project with former Jesuit Father Marko Rupnik.

Interview with EWTN Spain president about his book on scientific evidence for God goes viral

Jan 12, 2024 / 18:15 pm

José Carlos González-Hurtado discussed his book “Nuevas Evidencias Científicas de la Existencia de Dios” (“New Scientific Evidence of the Existence of God”).

French bishops delineate support for Fiducia Supplicans

Jan 11, 2024 / 18:30 pm

The Permanent Council of the French Bishops’ Conference offered carefully delineated support for the Fiducia Supplicans declaration on pastoral blessings.

Rosary for Spain to join worldwide Confraternity of Our Lady of Fatima prayer crusade

Jan 3, 2024 / 07:00 am

The objective of the initiative is to implore, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, God’s help and intervention, particularly for the Holy See in Rome.

20 riot police sent to remove 10 young people praying rosary at abortion clinic in Spain

Dec 28, 2023 / 18:30 pm

The Government Delegation in Madrid mobilized approximately 20 riot police officers to prevent about 10 young people from praying the rosary.

Fernández: ‘It’s proper for each bishop’ to discern application of Fiducia Supplicans

Dec 27, 2023 / 17:00 pm

In an interview published in a Spanish newspaper, Dicastery of the Doctrine of the Faith prefect Cardinal Victor Fernández responded to criticism.

Bishop Munilla: Fiducia Supplicans not ‘heretical’ but application will be ‘chaotic’ 

Dec 21, 2023 / 18:15 pm

The Spanish prelate warned about how the declaration will be put into practice and shared suggested blessing language.

Same-sex blessings: Sinners can be blessed but not their sin, Spanish bishop says

Dec 20, 2023 / 18:30 pm

For Bishop Munilla, it’s important to “stick to what is clear and ask the Lord to clarify what is not clear,” because “the Church also suffers from this crisis of relativism in which our culture is mired."

PHOTOS: Rosary for Spain prayed in more than 100 cities on feast of Immaculate Conception

Dec 12, 2023 / 15:30 pm

People joined in praying the rosary for Spain on Dec. 8, asking for Mary’s intercession in the nation and in response to attempts to suppress religious freedom.

Why protesters in 50 Spanish cities are praying the rosary this Friday

Dec 7, 2023 / 07:00 am

On Dec. 8, the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception — the patroness of Spain — hundreds of Spaniards will gather to pray the rosary in public.

More than 130 Masses celebrated in 5 countries to promote Queen Isabella’s canonization

Nov 29, 2023 / 12:55 pm

This year, 133 Masses were celebrated with this intention, most of them in Spain but also in Argentina, Mexico, Venezuela, and the U.S.

‘No fear’ among Spanish bishops over upcoming meeting with Pope Francis about seminaries

Nov 27, 2023 / 18:30 pm

The spokesman for the Spanish Bishops’ Conference said that “there is no fear” among the bishops regarding their upcoming meeting with Pope Francis.

Catholics call for opening of canonization cause for sacristan slain by jihadist in Spain

Nov 21, 2023 / 19:00 pm

The Diocese of Cádiz and Ceuta in southern Spain has begun to receive requests to promote the canonization process of Diego Valencia.

Bishops in Spain call political deal to grant amnesty to Catalan secessionists immoral

Nov 15, 2023 / 11:30 am

Several Spanish bishops have spoken out against the deals reached by President Pedro Sánchez with the leaders behind the 2017 coup in Catalonia.

Meet the Spanish saint who helps those who suffer from diabetes

Nov 14, 2023 / 07:00 am

St. Rafael Arnáiz, who desired to be a Trappist monk but had diabetes, is considered one of the great mystics of the 20th century.

Thieves repent, sacramentally confess, and return stolen objects to chapel in Spain

Nov 13, 2023 / 18:30 pm

A week after desecrating and robbing a chapel in the Diocese of Orihuela-Alicante in Spain, the thieves have confessed and returned the stolen objects.

Two Carmelite nuns in Spain seek to recover the hermitical origin of their order 

Oct 27, 2023 / 09:31 am

Mother Ana María and Sister Raquel seek a new hermitage to live out their call to holiness “with a marked eremitic character, that is, more time in the cell, in silence, in solitude within the convent.”

20 martyrs of persecution during Spanish Civil War to be beatified

Oct 24, 2023 / 18:00 pm

On Nov. 18, the Archdiocese of Seville will celebrate the beatification of 20 martyrs of religious persecution carried out during the Spanish Civil War.

Pro-abortion demonstrators allegedly tag church in Spain with offensive graffiti

Oct 23, 2023 / 18:30 pm

The Spanish Christian Lawyers Foundation has filed a complaint against a pro-abortion organization whose activists also allegedly harassed Mass-goers.

Cross in public square in Spain smashed to pieces

Oct 23, 2023 / 18:00 pm

A stone cross carved in the 16th century and placed on a pedestal in a public square next to the cathedral in Seville, Spain, was destroyed over the weekend.