Good Sunday. This is the weekly summary of RD. Amidst a week of rains, storms, overflowing rivers, and desires to stop praying to the Virgin of the Cave, the clouds clear for the Pope’s visit to Madrid, Barcelona, and the Canary Islands. Finally, and for the moment, it seems that the bishops are agreeing, and will row together to ensure that León XIV finds peace in our country. For the time being, at least. May the leakers and liars not tire.
This week is all about websites. In addition to ‘MeetWithThePope’ launched by the organizers of the visit, ‘queremosuncovento.com’ is added, another piece of the very sad ending of the former nuns of Belorado, who have achieved a new extension, until March 12th, to be evicted from the monastery, and are looking for a new home -although Orduña and Derio will remain, for the time being, under their control-. Indeed, they have already received some proposals to “found a mission” in Spain from a Polish-American church. We will see what happens.
In Rome, another schism threatens to ‘resurrect’ itself, that of the Lefebvrians, who have threatened the Pope with re-consecrating bishops if they are not heeded. Apparently, Tucho Fernández will be León XIV’s envoy to try to reason with them. A task that seems extremely difficult, by the way.
León, meanwhile, has already met with victims of abuse, Hicks has taken possession of New York, we have beatified Father Valera, and we have learned (an open secret, after all) how two of Trump’s historic friends, Epstein and Bannon, were conspiring against Pope Francis. The same friends who now roar against the bishops for regularizing migrants, by the way.
And it is that the world is, like a turbulent climate, with a world war in pieces about to explode. And other wars to declare, such as the war against hunger, launched by Manos Unidas in a brave proposal for its campaign against hunger. A work, that of the Church’s NGO, which contributes, much to the chagrin of some, working to cease to exist. To that blessed utopia of the end of hunger, of poverty, of injustice, in the world.
**Jesús Bastante**
Religion digital
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