Articles by Nicolás de Cárdenas
Pope Leo XIV calls for a ‘great cultural conversion’ in his greeting to Rimini meeting
Aug 21, 2025 / 16:15 pmPope Leo XIV called for “faith, hope, and charity to be translated into a great cultural conversion” in a message for the Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples.
Pope Leo XIV calls for fasting and prayer for peace on Friday, Aug. 22
Aug 21, 2025 / 12:42 pmPope Leo XIV has called for a day of fasting and prayer for peace on Friday, Aug. 22, coinciding with the liturgical feast of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Pope Leo XIV looks to Ukraine with hope: ‘We must work hard, pray hard’
Aug 20, 2025 / 15:00 pmOn Aug. 19, Pope Leo XIV expressed hope for an end to the war in Ukraine, noting that hard work and prayer are needed to achieve peace.
After 20 years of gay marriage in Spain, ‘not impossible’ to rescind the law, expert says
Jul 1, 2025 / 09:00 amSpain was the third country in the world, after the Netherlands and Belgium, to equate marriage with same-sex unions.
Widow, mother of 4 nuns and a priest, takes perpetual vows
Jun 20, 2025 / 10:29 amSister Maria Zhang Yue Chun made her perpetual vows on May 13 at the convent of the Augustinian Recollects in Vitigudino, Salamanca province, Spain.
Angela Musolesi, assistant to exorcist Father Gabriel Amorth: ‘The devil is afraid of me’
Jun 4, 2025 / 10:47 amA Franciscan nun, Sister Angela Musolesi collaborated for 28 years with the renowned Italian priest and exorcist Father Gabriel Amorth.
More than 90,000 people venerated body of St. Teresa of Ávila during public exposition
May 28, 2025 / 18:11 pmApproximately 93,000 faithful venerated the body of St. Teresa of Jesus (Ávila), which was publicly exhibited May 11–25 for the third time in four centuries.
Pope Leo XIV’s connection to Spanish Civil War martyrs, Valley of the Fallen
May 20, 2025 / 06:00 amPope Leo XIV carries on his pectoral cross a relic of an Augustinian martyr bishop, Anselmo Polanco, who was executed during the 1936–1939 Spanish Civil War.
PHOTOS: Pope Leo XIV meeting the last three pontiffs
May 9, 2025 / 15:53 pmPope Leo XIV had the opportunity to meet three of his predecessors at the helm of the Barque of Peter.
Asian cardinal asks for prayers to discern what kind of pope the Church needs
Apr 30, 2025 / 15:49 pm“It is urgent and important that you all pray for us so that we can discern what kind of pope the Church needs in this present day,” Cardinal William Goh said.
These are the heads of state and dignitaries who will attend Pope Francis’ funeral
Apr 25, 2025 / 17:36 pmPope Francis’ funeral will be attended by dozens of heads of state, monarchs, foreign ministers, and other leaders from around the world.
Tallest cross in the world will remain despite Spanish ‘resignification’ project
Apr 5, 2025 / 10:00 amThe 492-foot cross at the Valley of the Fallen, the world’s tallest, will remain standing.
Spanish priest’s new book takes critical look at transhumanism
Apr 3, 2025 / 10:30 amIn a new book titled “Integral Transhumanism,” Spanish priest Ricardo Mejía Fernández examines the transhumanist movement.
What St. Teresa of Ávila would have looked like
Apr 2, 2025 / 12:23 pmA scientific reconstruction of what would have been the face of St. Teresa of Avila at age 50 was presented in the town in Spain where the Carmelite nun died and is buried.
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Secularization: Being born in Spain no longer means you’re Catholic, archbishop says
Apr 1, 2025 / 17:24 pmArchbishop Luis Argüello opened the Spanish Bishops’ Conference’s 127th plenary assembly this week with a deep analysis of Spain’s growing secularization.
Cardinal’s role in effort to ‘resignify’ Franco era war monument sparks controversy
Mar 30, 2025 / 08:00 amCardinal José Cobo is defending his role as an interlocutor between the Vatican and the Spanish government in the process of resignifying the Valley of the Fallen.
Regnum Christi: Principal resigns following arrest of school chaplain on sex abuse charges
Mar 26, 2025 / 15:45 pmFather Jesús María Delgado, principal of Highlands El Encinar school in Madrid, has resigned in the wake of complaints of sexual abuse against the school’s chaplain.
Salesians elect Maltese priest Fabio Attard as Don Bosco’s 11th successor
Mar 26, 2025 / 13:05 pmMaltese priest Fabio Attard was elected as the new rector major of the Salesian congregation during its general chapter, becoming the 11th successor of St. John Bosco.
Catholics celebrate 100th anniversary of priestly ordination of St. Josemaría Escrivá
Mar 24, 2025 / 07:00 amOn March 28, the centennial of the priestly ordination of St. Josemaría Escrivá will be celebrated with liturgical and academic events in Zaragoza, Spain, and in Rome.
Regnum Christi to review abuse prevention policies following arrest of former official
Mar 13, 2025 / 15:35 pmRegnum Christi has announced that it will review the protocols it has in place in Spain following five allegations of abuse against Legionary priest Marcelino de Andrés Núñez.