Leo XIV Receives Unanimous Applause From a Congress Broken by Polarization
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Pope Leo XIV appeared yesterday before the Cortes Generales with a carefully constructed speech to challenge some of the main fractures of contemporary Spain. He spoke of immigration at a time of rise of extremist discourses; of dialogue in a country crossed by polarization; of peace when Europe again debates rearmament; and of the defense of life in terms that reopen old disagreements between the Church and the public authorities. All this unde…
Without the need for any heavenly intervention, Robert Francis Prevost, Leo XIV, 267th head of the Catholic Church, performed a miracle this Monday in the Congress of Deputies. All the political groups present in the Chamber – only missing Podemos and BNG – welcomed with applause the first speech of a pope before the Spanish Courts. A rarity in that house where the deplantation and the war language have been imposed. The enthusiasm was unleashed…
On the Pope's third and final day in the capital, the Carrera de San Jerónimo was adorned this Monday to host a historic milestone: the first time a Pontiff has visited the Congress of Deputies. For the occasion, Leo XIV delivered a speech before a packed chamber, witnessing this day marked in the nation's history. In his address, he delivered two key messages that shaped the subsequent debate among the various parliamentary groups: a firm "no" …
Pope Leo XIV became this Monday the first Pontiff to speak before the Congress of Spain, where he stressed his “anxiety” that those who legislate have as their main objective “dignity, justice and the common good”, and that these values “be the measure of social relations, both nationally and internationally.” The Pope told legislators that they have “the grave responsibility to legally order social coexistence,” and warned them that social coex…
The Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) and Podemos have announced that they will not attend the solemn session. Both formations have argued that their absence responds to a strict defense of secularism and the non-denominationality of the State as set out in the Constitution.For these parties, the hemicycle of popular sovereignty is not the right place for the speech of a religious leader, regardless of his formal status as head of state of the Vat…
Leon XIV will become this Monday the first Pope to speak to deputies and senators in the Congress Hall, and will do so not as Supreme Pontiff, but as head of state of Vatican City, as part of his official visit to Spain. After weeks of preparation, everything is ready already in the Lower House to receive the Pope, who will be accompanied by the Vatican official delegation. His stay in the Congress Palace will be extended for a time of about 50 …
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