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Is God at the World Cup? There are few chaplains, but lots of prayers!
The Religious Media Centre reports that the England football team does not have a Chaplain this time, which it explains is at odds with a general shift towards professing faith, among players of Premier League football clubs - half of which now engage with Christian...
The development of a Diocese in Europe Strategy – important: this affects us!
In 2025, our Diocese took steps towards developing a new diocesan strategy. They employed a Head of Strategy, Ella Sibley (pictured above), who understood that to develop a meaningful strategy and embed it properly within the organisation, one had to start at the...
Margaret Atwood receives honorary doctorate at the University of Granada
Canadian writer, Margaret Atwood was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Granada earlier this week. The ceremony took place in the Cloister of the Royal Hospital and was attended by numerous members of Granada's academic and literary community. Upon...
In Spain, elderly UK expats struggle for care post-Brexit
,Ten years on from Brexit and there is a lot of cover in the press about what worked and what didn’t work. But little attention at the time, or since, has been paid to the plight of Britons resident in Spain who become lonely, depressed, isolated, as a result of ill...
Backlash grows after Paris church hosts Nuit Blanche sound installation
The Catholic Herald reported on the backlash received by the parish priest of the St Laurent Church in Paris over his decision to allow a sound installation at the church as part of the city’s 'Nuit Blanche' festival, despite widespread accusations of profanity. Nuit...
WCC calls for action on climate change at a time of accelerating environmental crisis
The Executive Committee of the World Council of Churches has issued in a statement recognising that we are living at a time of profound ecological breakdown and deepening human suffering, as God’s created order suffers severe damaged as a result of human activity....
Spain’s employment hits record 22.3m as summer hiring surges
English language news site, Spainenglish.com, reported on the continued strengthening of Spain’s labour market, with the number of people registered as unemployed down in May by 36,323 compared with April, leaving a total of 2,320,721 people looking for work, the...
Catholics must not see migrants as ‘a problem,’ says Spanish bishop during Leo’s visit
Pope Leo XIV’s visit to Spain put the spotlight on migration and the division it is causing within the Catholic church. Spain's socialist-led government recently agreed to normalise the legal status of 500,000 undocumented migrants and asylum seekers, in response to a...
Dolly Parton & Shania Twain on the same night? It’s all here at St George’s!
St George’s Summer Picnic Concerts programme is delighted to present COUNTRY DIVAS StarringMary Van Der Lent as Dolly PartonandAmelinde as Shania Twain! Saturday July 18th, St George’s Church,English Cemetery, Málaga Gates & bar open at 7.30pm. The concert starts...
Andalucian Catholic priest faces protests after denying Communion to man in same-sex union
As ever, it is all happening here in Andalucia. A parish priest in the small Sevillano town of Villanueva del Río y Minas has faced sustained protest after explaining to a parishioner, who is in a civil same-sex marriage, that he could no longer receive the sacrament,...