Listening to others is way to heal division, say researchers

Feeling misunderstood by other groups makes people more likely to support separatist causes like Brexit and Scottish independence, new research suggests. Academics studied links between political views and so-called ‘felt understanding’ – feeling understood and listened to by other groups, such as Europeans and EU institutions or the English public and politicians. The research also... Read More

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September 18, 2020

Euthanasia would be a defeat for human dignity, Spanish legislators warned

Euthanasia legislation is headed for the Spanish Senate and, if passed, it would be a defeat for human dignity and would affirm a self-centred view of life that proposes death as a solution to one’s problems, the Spanish bishops’ conference said. ‘To insist on ‘the right to euthanasia’ is typical of an individualistic and reductionist... Read More

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September 14, 2020

Spanish court convicts ex-Salvadoran colonel of 1989 murders of five Jesuits

A Spanish court has convicted a former Salvadoran colonel for the murders of five Jesuit priests in 1989 – a rare act of justice for an atrocity from El Salvador’s brutal civil war. In a recent ruling, former Col. Inocente Orlando Montano, 77, was found to have planned and ordered the murders of the five... Read More

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July 31, 2020

Food & Drink: Eight Spanish wines to snap up now

Sam Wylie-Harris rounds up some top-notch styles and best buys from the biggest vineyard in the world. Salud! A playground for winemakers and pleasure-seekers, when it comes to vino, Spain’s got the lot. It’s one of our best loved holiday destinations and Spanish wines are quite the oenophile’s odyssey too, with reds young and old,... Read More

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July 27, 2020

Pope thanks pilgrim with disability who walked along Spain’s ‘Camino’

Pope Francis sent a letter of gratitude to a Spanish teen with an intellectual disability after the 15-year-old travelled more than 60 miles along the famed Camino de Santiago de Compostela. In a letter signed 21st July and published on the website of the Diocese of Malaga, Spain, the pope said he learned of Alvaro Calvante’s... Read More

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May 7, 2020

Pope advances sainthood cause of Italian millennial

Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of one woman and four men, including an Italian millennial who dedicated his brief life to spreading faith and happiness to his peers. The pope signed the decrees on 5th May during a meeting with Cardinal Angelo Becciu, prefect of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes. The pope recognised the... Read More

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May 1, 2020

Spanish bishops’ conference releases post-pandemic guidelines

While the Spanish government prepares to ease lockdown restrictions, the country’s bishops released guidelines to prepare for a gradual return of the faithful to church while respecting norms that prevent the further spread of the coronavirus. In a statement released on 29th April, the executive committee of the Spanish bishops’ conference said it hoped the... Read More

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April 28, 2020

Belfast GP walking virtual Spanish pilgrimage in driveway

A retired Belfast GP with incurable cancer is walking part of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage in his driveway this week to raise money for the developing world. Father-of-five Martin McMullan, 57, is doing the equivalent of the stage from Logrono to Burgos in northern Spain and plans to complete 30 kilometres a day in... Read More

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January 22, 2020

Spanish bishops launch marriage prep course that could last up to three years

Catholic couples in Spain will undergo up to three years of marriage preparation under an initiative by their bishops to reverse the country’s high rates of divorce. The Spanish bishops launched Together on the Way (‘Juntos en Camino’), a program to help couples to succeed in their vocation to marriage amid a divorce rate that... Read More

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Listening to others is way to heal division, say researchers

Euthanasia would be a defeat for human dignity, Spanish legislators warned

Spanish court convicts ex-Salvadoran colonel of 1989 murders of five Jesuits

Food & Drink: Eight Spanish wines to snap up now

Pope thanks pilgrim with disability who walked along Spain’s ‘Camino’

Ex-Salvadoran officer: ‘High command’ gave order to kill Jesuits in ’89

Pope advances sainthood cause of Italian millennial

Spanish bishops’ conference releases post-pandemic guidelines

Belfast GP walking virtual Spanish pilgrimage in driveway

Spanish bishops launch marriage prep course that could last up to three years

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