Pope Begins Journey to Strengthen Spain’s Catholic Church
Pope Benedict XVI has travelled to Spain today to take part in a gathering on family values.
Posted: Saturday, July 8 , 2006

Pope Benedict XVI has travelled to Spain today to take part in a gathering on family values.

Arriving in Valencia, the head of the Roman Catholic Church is hoping that his visit will give strength to the Catholic Church in Spain, which has been very much pushed to the sidelines by the new liberal Spanish government.

Continuous reform has angered the Spanish Catholic Church, including the liberalisation of legislation on gay marriage, as well as abortion.

The Pope was met at the airport by King Juan Carlos, Queen Sofia and Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, and will later pray at the site of Spain’s worst underground train crash, which killed 42 people this week.

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