Madrid cardinal believes Church and state can coexist peacefully

Despite some serious legislative and social differences that have led the Catholic Church and the Spanish government to bump heads, the country has a “healthy secularism,” said Cardinal Carlos Osoro Sierra of Madrid. The Madrid cardinal, vice president of the Spanish bishops’ conference, said the legalisation of euthanasia on 18thMarch and other recent measures in conflict with... Read More

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June 3, 2019

Liverpool keeper professes love for God following Champions League victory

Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker publically professed his love for God after his team’s Champions League final victory. Following Liverpool’s 2-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur in Madrid on Saturday 1st June, Alisson, a Catholic, removed his jersey revealing a t-shirt promoting the message: ‘the cross equals love’. The Brazilian international later took his celebrations and his... Read More

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July 19, 2018

Spanish Church leaders criticise government plans on religion in schools

Spain’s Catholic Church has voiced “deep concern” over plans by the new government to curb religious teaching and re-examine past accords with the Vatican. “It is necessary to remember the rights to religious freedom and education – these inalienable rights … are reflected in our constitution,” the executive committee of the Madrid-based bishops’ conference said... Read More

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October 10, 2017

Spanish Church leaders seek unity as Catalonia considers independence

A Spanish cardinal defended his country’s unity as a “moral good” and condemned “sedition and fraud” by secessionists, as politicians in Catalonia prepared to debate independence at a regional parliamentary session today, on 10th October. “Many of us feel intense pain, as if a dagger had been thrust into our guts,” said Cardinal Antonio Canizares... Read More

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