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January 21, 2021

Priest, parishioner among casualties in Madrid explosion

Firefighters work after a deadly explosion at the parish center of the Church of Our Lady of La Paloma in downtown Madrid Jan. 20, 2021. A priest and a member of the parish were among four killed in the explosion, which was caused by a gas leak.

VATICAN CITY -- A young priest ordained only six months ago was among the casualties of an explosion at a parish center in Madrid.

Published in International
March 19, 2019

Spain sees jump in ordinations to priesthood from 2017 to 2018

A priest prays during Mass in Madrid Aug. 21, 2011. Ordinations to the priesthood in Spain have soared by 24 per cent over the last year.
MANCHESTER, England – Ordinations to the priesthood in Spain have soared by 24 percent in the last year.
Published in International
March 4, 2017

This Spanish prison ministry is helping rehabilitate inmates

The Father Garralda-Horizontes Abiertos Foundation has had such impact on inmates that a group of them have donated money to help the needy at Christmas.

MADRID, Spain – The prison ministry founded by a Spanish Jesuit in the 1960s has had such fruits as a group of inmates donating their own money to help the needy at Christmas, according to the head of the foundation.

Published in International
July 20, 2016

Carmen Hernandez, co-founder of Neocatechumenal Way, dies

Carmen Hernade, co-founder of Neocatechumenal Way, in 2011. She passed away in Madrid July 19 at the age of 85.

ROME – Carmen Hernandez, co-founder of the Neocatechumenal Way, died in Madrid July 19 at the age of 85.

Published in Faith
September 29, 2014

Opus Dei leader, Bishop Alvaro del Portillo, beatified in Madrid

A woman holds an image of Blessed Alvaro del Portillo during his beatification ceremony in Madrid Sept. 27. Tens of thousands of people from around the world attended the beatification Mass for the former Opus Dei leader, who died in 1994.

MADRID - A Spanish bishop who worked as an engineer before becoming first prelate of the Opus Dei movement has been beatified in his native Madrid.

Published in International