Spain

Expressing 'closeness and solidarity' to COVID-19-hit Spain, German Bishops' head shows up 'pettiness' of Chancellor Merkel

Expressing “closeness and solidarity” to COVID-19-hit Spain, German Bishops’ head shows up “pettiness” of Chancellor Merkel

Spanish cardinal - 'No way' is coronavirus punishment from God

Spanish cardinal: “No way” is coronavirus punishment from God

God wants us to get closer to his people Spanish priests donate salary to economic victims of COVID-19

“God wants us to get closer to his people”: Spanish priests donate salary to economic victims of COVID-19

Homeless man (illustrative)

Madrid homeless write to coronavirus patients: “In difficult situations, don’t lose faith”

Spanish missionaries alert hunger will be more deadly than the coronavirus

Spanish missionaries alert “hunger will be more deadly than the coronavirus”

Spanish chaplain on call 247 for coronavirus patients

Spanish chaplain on call 24/7 for coronavirus patients: “There are tears, yes, but great hope too”

Francis donates respirators to coronavirus-hit hospitals in Italy, Spain

Francis – to celebrate Easter without physical presence of faithful – donates respirators to coronavirus-hit hospitals

Spanish coronavirus cleric victim, hospital chaplain tell of days of 'intensive priesthood'

Spanish coronavirus cleric victim, hospital chaplain tell of days of “intensive priesthood”

Spanish bishop hits out at 'bombardment' of faithful with coronavirus livestreamed Masses

Coronavirus: Spanish bishop hits out at “bombardment” of faithful with livestreamed Masses

Coronavirus in Spain

Coronavirus in Spain: mayor tells Church to pay tax to help solve crisis as two bishops take ill

Pope Francis warns businesses over coronavirus - 'It's not the time to fire people, it's the time to welcome them'

Francis warns businesses over coronavirus: “It’s not the time to fire people, it’s the time to welcome them”

Coronavirus shuts down shrines across Europe

Coronavirus shuts down Catholic shrines across Europe

'Good news' on the coronavirus front - meet the hero priests going beyond the call of duty

‘Good news’ on the coronavirus front: meet the hero priests going beyond the call of duty

Refugees in France, Greece at risk of coronavirus

Refugees in France, Greece at special risk of coronavirus as pandemic sweeps all through Europe to Russia

South Madrid diocese offers 'comfort, help and welcome' to migrants, refugees with new shelter project

South Madrid diocese offers “comfort, help and welcome” to migrants, refugees with new shelter project

Spanish government declares "state of alarm" over COVID-19, Holy Week stop to cause 500 million euro hole in Seville economy alone

Spanish government declares “state of alarm” over COVID-19: Holy Week stop to cause 500 million euro hole in Seville economy alone

New 'Francis bishops' at helm of Spanish Episcopal Conference promise to finally bring country, Church up to date

New ‘Francis bishops’ at helm of Spanish Episcopal Conference poised to finally bring country, Church up to date

Spanish Christian Workers clamour for 'full equality' for women in economy, Church

Spanish Christian Workers clamour for “full equality” for women in economy, Church

Hundreds of Spanish Catholic women cry out for equal rights in Church

“Jesus was a feminist!”: Hundreds of Spanish Catholic women cry out for equal rights in Church

Spanish Catholic women revolt Sunday - 'They call us to fix the flowers but not to make the decisions'

Spanish Catholic women protest: “They call us to fix the flowers, but not to make the decisions”

Lent

Sustainable consumption, integral ecology, agriculture for the future… social justice campaigns to inspire you this Lent

Bologna cardinal Matteo Zuppi

Bologna cardinal rails against Church “prophets of calamities who confuse conversion with relativism”

Spanish Catholic women present their 'revolt' for Sunday March 1

Spanish Catholic women “losing patience” with Church: “Without deep changes it will never be the Church of Jesus”

Spanish-Moroccan cardinal blasts Europe for 'selfish' migration policy

Spanish-Moroccan cardinal blasts Europe for “nearsighted, selfish, individualistic and unfair” migration policy

'Zero tolerance' for clergy sex abuse

Bishops in Spain, Italy, France still not applying “zero tolerance” for priest abusers, enablers: survivors

Participants at the Spanish National Lay Congress

“Lay” congress in Spain leaves bittersweet clerical taste: “Priests should give us oxygen to breathe”

Jesuit Refugee Service warns European Court ruling on Spain migrant pushbacks sets 'dangerous precedent'

Jesuit Refugee Service warns European Court ruling on Spain migrant pushbacks sets “dangerous precedent”

Spanish National Congress of Laypeople

Francis pleads with laypeople to renew with “ingenuity and witness” a Europe “suffocated by death and despair”

Rights for Catholic women (stock)

Spanish women theologians shout “Enough!” with “deep discrimination” in Church, call on Catholic women to “revolt”

Spanish-African bishops insist 'No Christian should have a negative attitude towards immigrants'

Spanish-African bishops insist: “No Christian should have a negative attitude towards immigrants”