Articles by Nicolás de Cárdenas
100 cloistered convents in Spain to open their doors to promote prayer during Lent
Feb 14, 2024 / 18:00 pmThe DeClausura Foundation in Spain has launched a campaign to promote prayer during the liturgical season of Lent with the theme “Slow Down. Stop. Pray.”
Panama’s Cardinal Lacunza apologizes for his disappearance: ‘It was a stupid prank’
Feb 5, 2024 / 14:10 pmCardinal José Luis Lacunza, the bishop of the Diocese of David in Panama, apologized Feb. 4 after having been missing for two days earlier in the week.
Spanish painter to become Trappist monk after seeing film on cloistered life
Feb 3, 2024 / 09:00 amAfter lying dormant for decades, the seed of a calling to monastic life has sprung to life in the soul of Sevillian painter José María Méndez.
Spanish archbishop: ‘I am not going to bless even one homosexual union’
Jan 26, 2024 / 05:30 amIn a meeting with journalists held on the feast day of St. Francis de Sales, Archbishop José María Gil stated that his intention is to “bless the person.”
Shamanic ritual at World Economic Forum: ‘What spirit rules in Davos?’ priest asks
Jan 18, 2024 / 18:00 pmAs part of a WEF plenary session on Wednesday, Chieftess Putanny Yawanawá of the Amazonian Yawanawá tribe performed a shamanic rite.
Spanish university cancels Rupnik chapel project
Jan 17, 2024 / 19:45 pmFrancisco 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 pmJosé 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 pmThe 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 amThe 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 pmThe 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 pmIn 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 pmThe 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 pmFor 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 pmPeople 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 amOn 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 pmThis 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 pmThe 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 pmThe 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 amSeveral 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 amSt. Rafael Arnáiz, who desired to be a Trappist monk but had diabetes, is considered one of the great mystics of the 20th century.