Xavier Ruiz Arregui

Editor-in-Chief, Church Gazette

Xavier Ruiz Arregui is a young journalist committed to truth, faith, and service to the community. He reports for Church Gazette.

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Pope Leo XIV speaking during a video message inviting young people to World Youth Day in Seoul in 2027

Pope Leo XIV invites young people to World Youth Day 2027 in Seoul, South Korea

October 23, 2026

Cardinal Rouco Varela seated at the Spanish Bishops' Conference headquarters

Cardinal Rouco Varela says the 'yes to God' is the Spanish Church's main challenge

October 22, 2026

Bishop Francisco Conesa

Spanish bishop says young people's religious interest is exploration, not a turn to Catholicism

October 22, 2026

Pope Leo XIV speaking during the general audience at the Vatican

Pope Leo XIV defends faithful and indissoluble marriage days after lung surgery

October 21, 2026

Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, where he is recovering after lung surgery

Pope Leo XIV to lead first general audience since lung surgery

October 20, 2026

Pope Leo XIV greeting crowds during his visit to Spain

Pope Leo XIV's visit to Spain generated 139.48 million euros in economic impact, report says

October 20, 2026

Bishop Erik Varden of Trondheim, Norway

Bishop Erik Varden of Norway says pornography makes lasting love harder

October 19, 2026

The Gothic towers and stone facade of a Spanish cathedral rising above the rooftops of the surrounding city

International Cathedrals Day: ten cathedrals across Spain, from Burgos to Palma

October 19, 2026

Pope Leo XIV smiling as he greets people after leaving the Gemelli hospital in Rome

Pope Leo XIV thanks doctors and faithful at first Angelus since lung surgery

October 19, 2026

Portraits of Spanish martyrs of the 20th-century religious persecution displayed at an altar

20 priests killed in 1936 to be beatified in Ibiza as Spain counts 5,455 martyrs

October 16, 2026

Pope Leo XIV in green liturgical vestments celebrating Mass in a room at the Gemelli hospital in Rome, with hospital staff attending

Vatican releases first images of Pope Leo XIV celebrating Mass at Rome hospital

October 16, 2026

Worshippers holding lighted candles during a Domund prayer vigil in a church

Spanish dioceses hold prayer vigils and missionary marches for Domund weekend

October 16, 2026

Óscar de Marcos speaking at a lectern during the Domund address in the Old Cathedral of Vitoria

Former Athletic Bilbao player Óscar de Marcos delivers Domund address in Vitoria, Spain

October 15, 2026

Pope Leo XIV in white papal cassock, pictured before his hospitalization in Rome

Who governs the Church while Pope Leo XIV is in the hospital?

October 14, 2026

Pope Leo XIV at the Mass in St. Peter's Square marking the 10th anniversary of Amoris Laetitia

Pope Leo XIV warns that prayer in the home is fading in many countries

October 14, 2026

David Jou i Mirabent

Spanish physicist David Jou calls God the foundation of reason, not an irrational refuge

October 14, 2026

Chart illustrating the decline of marriage in Spain

CEU study says share of Spaniards married before 30 fell from over 85 to under 15 percent

October 14, 2026

Domund centenary graphic presenting figures on the Church's mission territories

Spain is second largest giver to papal mission fund as Domund turns 100

October 13, 2026

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, speaking to reporters

Cardinal Parolin says Pope Leo XIV is calm after lung nodule diagnosis

October 13, 2026

Faithful fill the pews of the Cathedral of Santa María in Chiclayo, Peru, during a Mass for the health of Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV enters Rome's Gemelli hospital for surgery to remove lung nodule

October 13, 2026