Articles by Nicolás de Cárdenas
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.”
Catholic courtship is not a mini-marriage, expert says
Jan 7, 2025 / 08:00 amPep Borrell is a dentist by profession, but his passion is to know and spread profound countercultural truths about dating and marriage according to the Church.
Pope Francis encourages blind young people to be pilgrims of hope
Jan 3, 2025 / 15:20 pmPope Francis encouraged those present to be “people on the journey” who always have the desire to continue, “always with the desire to move forward.”
Spanish bishops condemn mockery of Sacred Heart of Jesus on Spanish public television
Jan 3, 2025 / 06:00 am“The saddest thing is that those responsible are not aware of what they’re doing. Once again banality surrounds us,” Archbishop Luis Argüello said.
Priest prevents desecration of the Eucharist during Mass in Honduras
Dec 19, 2024 / 07:00 amA priest prevented a man from taking off with an unconsumed consecrated host during the Mass for the second anniversary of the St. Lucy shrine.
Spanish Supreme Court rules surrogacy exploits women, harms children’s rights
Dec 17, 2024 / 08:00 amA ruling by the Supreme Court of Spain states that surrogacy exploits the woman who rents her womb and harms the dignity and rights of the children conceived.
The healing of a Royal Navy sailor at Lourdes
Dec 14, 2024 / 08:00 amHere is the story of John Traynor, whose miraculous healing at Lourdes was announced Dec. 8 by the archbishop of Liverpool.
Pope Francis is a proponent of popular piety, expert says
Dec 11, 2024 / 08:00 amFather Juan Miguel Ferrer Grenesche, an expert in liturgy and popular piety, says Pope Francis “has highly valued popular piety” throughout his life.
Catholic Church to European Union: Fight against anti-Christian hate
Dec 10, 2024 / 13:30 pm“The time is mature for the appointment of an EU coordinator on combating anti-Christian hatred in Europe,” said Alessandro Calcagno, an adviser to bishops.
International pro-life summit: Faith isn’t imposed but doesn’t hide either
Dec 4, 2024 / 17:10 pmThe theme for this year’s Political Network for Values Transatlantic Summit from Dec. 1–2 in Spain was “For Freedom and the Culture of Life.”
Charismatic Renewal in Spain accepts bishops’ ‘intergenerational healing’ guidance
Dec 2, 2024 / 15:15 pmThe Charismatic Renewal in Spain has accepted “with filial obedience” the recent doctrinal note by the country’s bishops on “intergenerational healing.”
‘Intergenerational healing’ has no basis in Catholic doctrine, Spanish bishops affirm
Nov 28, 2024 / 07:30 amThe Spanish Bishops’ Conference has published a doctrinal note criticizing the practice of so-called “intergenerational healing” promoted by some priests.
Gender: The problem isn’t the term but the anthropology behind it, Catholic expert says
Nov 21, 2024 / 08:00 amProfessor Marta Rodríguez Díaz says rather than fighting gender ideology, the mission of the Church is “to seek to make light shine in the darkness.”
Socialism is ‘an enemy of the cross,’ Spanish bishop says
Nov 19, 2024 / 08:00 amBishop José Ignacio Munilla of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain, said at a conference that “we will only get out of this crisis through a renewal of holiness.”
Constitutional Court in Spain forces Catholic brotherhood to admit woman
Nov 7, 2024 / 12:55 pmSpain’s Constitutional Court has ruled that by refusing to admit a woman, a male Catholic brotherhood violated the legal precept of nondiscrimination.
Torrent of mud catches parishioners by surprise during Eucharistic adoration in Spain
Nov 5, 2024 / 15:15 pm“We’re not dead because a neighbor came looking for her mother [and warned us] while we were adoring the Blessed Sacrament,” Father Gustavo Riveira said.
Costumes of demons, witches, and the dead open the door to the devil, priest says
Oct 30, 2024 / 16:45 pmFather Javier Ortega, a priest of the Diocese of Alcalá de Henares in Spain, said costumes of demons, witches, and the dead are not recommended.
Church in Spain mobilizes as severe flooding leaves more than 60 dead
Oct 30, 2024 / 16:15 pmThe flash flooding is considered the third largest natural disaster in Spain’s contemporary history.
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.