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Apr 27, 2022 · Travel. A Catholic traveler’s guide to Barcelona. Mapics I Shutterstock. Bret Thoman, OFS - published on 04/27/22. While the Catalan city is a popular destination for vacationers, there is...
Jul 28, 2020 · At the age of 13, hence 13 geese, Eulalia suffered martyrdom on a saltire cross. When she was decapitated, a dove flew forth from her mouth. It said after her death, a sudden snowstorm covered her mostly nude body like a garment, hence white geese.
Catholic America. Apologetics. Arts and Culture. Women’s Vocations. Men’s Vocations. Vocations and States in Life. There are four states in life through which the faithful may sanctify themselves: the priesthood, the religious life, Holy Matrimony, and the chaste single state.
One of the most well-known and endearing part of the Cathedral of Barcelona is the crypt of Saint Eulalia. The magnificent Gothic tomb incorporates Romanesque elements from other sources, such as the bases and capitals holding up the structure of the polychromed marble sarcophagus solemnly inaugurated in 1339. The sculptor is known to have come ...
Sep 1, 2021 · News. 01 September 2021. Reading time: 4 minutes. Spain: From ‘National Catholicism’ to a pluralistic society. With Spain’s transition to democracy with the 1978 Constitution, the last four decades have seen the Church’s grip on social and moral norms steadily loosen. What does this mean for Spanish society?
The Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família, shortened as the Sagrada Família, is an unfinished church in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is the largest unfinished Catholic church in the world.
Although there is no question that Catholic practice has declined in Barcelona, it has not disappeared: “THERE ARE 845 PLACES OF WORSHIP IN THE CITY OF BARCELONA. Clarification of the Archbishopric of Barcelona with relation to the memo made public by the Office for Religious Affairs, entitled “Catholicism recedes in Barcelona”.
