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Pope Leo XIV draws 1.2 million to Mass and challenges Europe to acknowledge its Christian roots

Pope Leo XIV has challenged Europe to acknowledge Christianity’s contributions to its cultural identity.

 

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What to know about Pope Leo’s trip to Spain, from political scandal to Barcelona’s architectural gem

Pope Leo XIV’s weeklong visit to Spain has brought him to a once-staunchly Catholic country that has long been in the throes of waning religious practice.

 

Pope Leo XIV urges Spain to stop fanning flames of polarization on first papal visit in 15 years

Pope Leo XIV is urging Spaniards to stop “fanning the flames of polarization” as he arrived in Spain.

 

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Spain’s reckoning with clergy abuse enters a new chapter as Pope Leo visits

Spain is addressing sexual abuse within the Catholic Church with a new reparations program. Victims like Paula Alonso-Pimentel, who was abused by a priest over 50 years ago, can now seek compensation.

 

One evacuated passenger tests positive for hantavirus and another develops symptoms on flight home

Passengers evacuated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship have started flying home aboard military and government planes after the vessel anchored in the Canary Islands.

 

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On the cruise ship hit by hantavirus, some fear what awaits them at home

A hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean has sparked fear among Spanish passengers, not from illness, but from potential stigma upon returning home.

 

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Spain readies for evacuations as a hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads for the Canary Islands

Spanish authorities are preparing to receive over 140 passengers and crew from a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands.

 

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Health officials track dozens who left hantavirus-stricken ship after first fatality

Oceanwide Expeditions has revealed that 30 passengers disembarked from its cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak on April 24.

 

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Pope will inaugurate Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia tower and meet with migrants in June trip to Spain

Pope Leo XIV will inaugurate the central tower of Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia basilica during his visit to Spain next month.

 

Spain making major investment in public housing and subsidies so people can afford homes

Spain’s government has approved a major plan to tackle the country’s housing crisis. Rising rental and housing costs have priced many Spaniards out of the market, despite a recent economic boom.

 

Migrants rush to apply under Spain’s new mass legalization program

Spain has launched a mass legalization measure for migrants, allowing them to apply in-person for legal status.

 

Venezuela’s Maria Corina Machado draws a huge Madrid crowd and rebuffs meeting with Spain’s PM

Venezuela’s exiled opposition leader María Corina Machado has drawn several thousand supporters to a rally in Madrid.

 

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Spain finalizes amnesty measure for potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants

Spain’s government has finalized a migrant amnesty measure that paves the way for potentially hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants to apply for legal status in the country.

 

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Sánchez returns to China as Spain seeks deeper ties amid Iran war tensions

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is in China again this week where he will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

 

Trump says he doesn’t care when Iran returns to the negotiating table

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Trump says US military objectives in Iran ‘nearing completion’

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Spanish bishops and government sign deal for compensation of church sexual abuse victims

Spain’s Catholic bishops and the government have taken another step toward compensating victims of sexual abuse by clergy members who have died or whose possible crimes are too old to be prosecuted.

 

Spain closes off its airspace to US planes involved in the Iran war

Spain has closed its airspace to U.S. planes involved in the Iran war after earlier saying the U.S. couldn’t use jointly operated military bases there for operations related to the conflict.

 

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25-year-old Noelia Castillo dies by legal euthanasia in case that drew national spotlight in Spain

A young Spanish woman died in Barcelona after winning a long court fight for her euthanasia right. On Thursday, Noelia Castillo received life-ending medicine after Spain’s high court denied her family’s appeal.

 

US college student’s death in Barcelona was likely an accident, Spanish police say

The death of U.S. college student James “Jimmy” Gracey in Spain was likely an accident, local authorities have said.

 

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Five EU leaders seek urgent solution for drifting Russian tanker to avoid environmental catastrophe

Five European nations have banded together on Wednesday, seeking an urgent solution for an unmanned Russian tanker currently drifting in the Mediterranean they say poses risk of an environmental catastrophe, the office of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says.

 

Spain’s king acknowledges ‘much abuse’ in the conquest of the Americas

Spain’s King Felipe says Spain’s conquest of the Americas involved abuse and ethical controversy, as Spain and Mexico remain at odds over calls for an apology.

 

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Spain’s government denies cooperating with US operations in Mideast, contradicting White House

Spain’s foreign minister has denied that the government has changed its position on supporting the U.S. military operations against Iran.

 

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Trump threatens to cut off trade with Spain after it disallowed US use of joint bases in Iran war

President Donald Trump is threatening to cut off trade with Spain. He’s citing a lack of support over the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran and the European nation’s resistance to increase its NATO spending.

 

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A look at Iran’s key political and religious figures

After Saturday’s major attack on Iran by the U.S. and Israel, U.S. President Donald Trump has called on the Iranian public to “seize control of your destiny” and rise up against the Islamic leadership that has ruled the nation since 1979.

 

Antonio Tejero, former Spanish lieutenant colonel who led failed military coup, dies at 93

Antonio Tejero, the former Spanish lieutenant colonel who led a failed coup in 1981, has died. Tejero stormed Spain’s parliament on Feb. 23, 1981, with about 200 armed civil guards.

 

Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia reaches its maximum height after more than a century

Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia church has reached its maximum height with the placement of a cross on its central Tower of Jesus Christ.

 

Spain looks to ban social media for under-16s, joining others in Europe

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says Spain’s government plans to ban social media access for children under 16.

 

Recovery of missing dog Boro brings hope after Spain’s train crashes

After back-to-back fatal train crashes in Spain, Thursday brought the good news that Boro the missing dog was found.

 

Second fatal train crash shocks Spain as death toll in the first collision rises to 43

Commuter rail service in Catalonia, Spain, was suspended Wednesday after a Barcelona train crash killed one person and injured 37 others.

 

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