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Priest, parishioner among casualties in Madrid explosion

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 09:29:36 -0500

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

Spain sees jump in ordinations to priesthood from 2017 to 2018

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 12:44:59 -0400

MANCHESTER, England – Ordinations to the priesthood in Spain have soared by 24 percent in the last year.

This Spanish prison ministry is helping rehabilitate inmates

Sat, 04 Mar 2017 11:00:00 -0500

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.

Carmen Hernandez, co-founder of Neocatechumenal Way, dies

Wed, 20 Jul 2016 16:00:00 -0400

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

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

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 13:00:00 -0400

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.