Issue number 101 of What's happening in the Church? by González Guadalix

1. Catholic resurgence. The Movistar Arena in Madrid hosted an unprecedented event in Spain: more than 6,000 people gathered for four hours in a macro prayer, praise, and testimonies meeting that turned the concert venue into an unusual cathedral.

2. The Archbishop of Oviedo on abuses: “Strange choice to focus only on the Church the cases of abuses when these represent 0.2 percent, leaving almost de facto unpunished the remaining 99.8 percent».

3. Spain among the biggest consumers of pornography. We only advance in the worst.

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4. Cardinal Zen thunders in the consistory: “The iron manipulation of the process is an insult to the dignity of the bishops, and the continuous reference to the Holy Spirit is ridiculous and almost blasphemous (they expect surprises from the Holy Spirit; what surprises? That it repudiates what it inspired in the two-thousand-year Tradition of the Church?).

5. Persecution of the Church in Nicaragua. Between 2018 and 2025, 43 properties have been confiscated from the Church; moreover, the dictatorship has perpetrated 1,030 attacks against Catholics and has prohibited 18,808 processions. At least 245 religious have been expelled or forced into exile since 2018:

6. Centenary of the Cristero revolution in Mexico. Between 1926 and 1929, thousands of Catholics—called Cristeros—rose up in arms, especially in rural areas of some states demanding religious freedom with the cry of “Long live Christ the King!”

7. German synodal way. They do not represent us.

8. Catholics in Greenland. Few, but they are there.

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