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Catalan Catholic Church and Andalusian president condemn public broadcaster TV3's depiction of Virgin Mary

Advocates are in favor of creating committee with coercive powers to quantify extent of issue

Medicines, long-lasting food and warm clothes are the priority of initiative headquartered on Catalan capital's La Rambla

Church agrees with Spanish government to rectify situation after review of 35,000 estates registered between 1998 and 2015

Xavier Novell committed a canonical crime automatically stripping him of his title

Government considers restricting religious events to 100 people but says current state of alarm does not allow ban on places of worship 

His legacy includes a foundation that works with youth and families in vulnerable situations in Barcelona

Religious institution was permitted to act as notary thanks to a Franco era law in force until 2015

Pilgrims also urged to use common sense over kissing of religious icons the Black Madonna and Virgin of Núria

Society of Jesus impose series of prohibitions on Pere Sala following investigation into allegations by two former pupils

Monastic committee investigating case to send findings to public prosecutor, Ombudsman, and religious authorities

In 1545 the Catholic Church in Catalonia ordered the keeping of register of all the baptisms and deaths in local parishes. This way, the Church was the pioneer in the register of persons, since the current civil registry was not established until years later. Only a few cities still preserve all the baptismal books, and Solsona, in Lleida, is one of them. The city even keeps the first baptismal book of its history,  that dates back to 1565. The Center for the Restoration of movable cultural heritage of Catalonia has spent 6 months on its restoration and has reproduced it in a copy that everyone from Solsona will be able to access.

Catalans are holding their municipal elections on Sunday, while the elections to the Catalan Parliament are to be held in September, as opposed to other parts of Spain, where they are voting for their regional parliaments on Sunday. These municipal elections come after 7 years of economic crisis and also with very uncertain political horizons. Two debates have dominated the campaign: Catalonia’s independence and the rise of new or secondary parties that promise to change the current model. For many people in Catalonia, Sunday’s elections will be a first stage of the ‘de facto’ plebiscite on independence that is going to take place with the Catalan elections on 27 September. It is also the opportunity to support changing the current political, economic and social model, with the rise of alternative left coalitions. Furthermore, majorities and town halls go through significant changes, particularly in Barcelona and the cities of its Metropolitan Area, where there are no clear winners forecast and surprises are likely to happen.