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GMA Network
30-07-2025
- Politics
- GMA Network
Rebel Spanish nuns vow to fight convent eviction
Eight former nuns of the order of the Poor Clares of Belorado, who were excomunicated by the Vatican after separating from the Catholic church, are accompanied by spokesman Francisco Canals as they arrive to court for a trial hearing in their eviction lawsuit filed by the Archdiocese of Burgos in Briviesca, in the province of Burgos, on July 29, 2025. Photo by CESAR MANSO / AFP MADRID, Spain - A group of Spanish nuns who were excommunicated by the Catholic Church and joined a sect appeared in court on Tuesday vowing to resist eviction from their 15th-century convent. The year-long dispute saw the nuns from the Order of Saint Clare split from the Vatican in May 2024 over a property dispute and doctrinal wrangling, claiming their wish to buy another convent had been blocked. They have since declared allegiance to an excommunicated ultra-conservative priest, viewed as a sect by the Church, who has rejected the validity of all popes since the death of Pius XII in 1958. The Archbishop of Burgos has demanded the nuns leave the convent of Santa Clara in the northern town of Belorado, saying they had no legal right to remain there after the excommunication. A court in the nearby town of Briviesca responsible for ruling on the dispute heard the arguments of the Burgos archbishopric and the eight nuns on Tuesday. One of them, Sister Paloma, told journalists outside the court that the nuns arrived "with a very clear conscience" and insisted the convent "is ours". "We are not isolated nuns, we are a legal entity, and they are our possessions," she said. The nuns' lawyer, Florentino Alaez, told a press conference after the hearing that they would appeal if the court ordered their eviction. Natxo de Gamon, a lawyer representing the archbishopric of Burgos, told reporters the nuns currently living in the convent "have no legal right for that, therefore we ask they be removed". — Agence France-Presse
Toronto Sun
09-07-2025
- Politics
- Toronto Sun
Envoy says Canada is coming closer to recognizing Palestinian statehood
Published Jul 09, 2025 • 4 minute read People attending a bullfight pass around a giant Palestinian flag during the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, on July 7, 2025. Photo by CESAR MANSO / AFP via Getty Images OTTAWA — The Palestinian ambassador to Canada says she feels Ottawa is on the brink of officially recognizing statehood for her people, as she also takes note of tougher language from Canada on Israel's actions in Gaza. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account 'Accountability means everything to the Palestinian people. That's all we are looking for,' said Mona Abuamara, who is at the end of her four-year term as the chief representative of the Palestinian General Delegation to Canada. 'Canada could have done better and must do better.' Abuamara said Canada's approach to the situation in the Palestinian territories in recent years has amounted to supporting Israel 'without budging' while funding small projects such as police training and development work. 'Basically, (it was to) be managed under that occupation,' she said. 'But what we were looking for from Canada is to help us get rid of that occupation instead, so we could make our own money.' For decades, Canada has backed the creation of a Palestinian country to exist in peace alongside a secure Israel. In May 2024, Ottawa said it no longer believes that recognizing Palestinian statehood can only happen after a peace negotiation. Around that time, Ottawa said it was assessing what conditions need to be in place, in order to proceed with formal recognition. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. In an interview with The Canadian Press, Abuamara said Canada is now edging even closer toward that formal recognition. She cited a June 10 consultation event Canada co-hosted with Qatar and Mexico at the United Nations headquarters on how to peacefully resolve the Israel-Palestine conflict and advance a two-state solution. The event was supposed to be part of a UN conference organized by France and Saudi Arabia; participating countries were expected to either recognize Palestine as a state or agree on steps toward doing so. The organizers postponed the conference when a war started between Israel and Iran, and no new date has been set. Abuamara said Canada had 'a lot of conversations' with France and others about moving Ottawa closer to recognizing Palestinian statehood when the UN conference eventually takes place. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'We've been very close, before the (April federal) election, to the recognition,' she said. The Canadian Press has asked the federal cabinet for comment but has not received a response. Israel has pushed back firmly on calls for Palestinian statehood, saying the territories have divided leadership and Hamas and Fatah both run corrupt governments that refuse to hold elections and have supported terrorists. Abuamara said recognizing Palestinian statehood would 'set in stone for Canadians the rights of the Palestinian people to self-determination.' Her work changed drastically on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas militants attacked Israel, resulting in the deadliest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. Hamas and its affiliates killed 1,200 people in Israel, including soldiers, and took 251 people hostage; they still hold roughly 50. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The attack prompted Israel to bombard Gaza. Hamas officials say Israeli military actions, including strikes on hospitals and refugee camps, have since killed nearly 60,000 Palestinians, including militants. The Israel-Gaza conflict has triggered tense protests on Canadian streets and a spike in hate crimes targeting Jews. Muslim and Arab Canadians, meanwhile, report being afraid to express criticism of Israel's military campaign because of the possible backlash. The war also has bolstered calls for recognition of a Palestinian state. Spain, Ireland and Norway formally recognized a Palestinian state last year, citing Israeli officials' talk of annexing Palestinian territories. Abuamara's role is to speak for Palestinians across the Middle East, although she was appointed by a government that only has control of the West Bank, not the Gaza Strip. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. She said her posting in Canada left her dismayed by the shortage of Palestinian voices in the media and on academic panels. She said she struggled to get direct meetings with Canadian government officials. But she noted that Prime Minister Mark Carney has been using stronger language to criticize Israeli policies and actions than did his predecessor, Justin Trudeau. 'We've seen stronger, clearer statements since the Carney government took office,' she said. 'There is less two sides-ism, less not naming the perpetrator of the crime.' She also cited comments Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand made in May describing Israel's military campaign as 'aggression caused against the Palestinian and the Gazan people in Palestine.' In those comments, the minister took the unconventional step of citing 'Palestine' instead of the Palestinian territories. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Anand also said that by restricting humanitarian aid in Gaza, Israel was 'using food as a political tool.' Israeli officials took issue with Anand's use of the word 'aggression' to describe a military campaign to neutralize the threat of Hamas. Abuamara said it was refreshing to see Canada call out violence toward civilians in the Middle East as it often does for Ukrainians attacked by Russia. 'Canada needs to just stand by international law,' she said. 'It's not about Palestine. It's about the international rules-based order, about human rights, about values and principles.' Canada has been pushing Israel for more accountability on a number of incidents in Gaza, including in May after Israeli soldiers in the West Bank fired shots in the vicinity of Canadian and other diplomats during a humanitarian assessment of the Jenin refugee camp. Canada summoned Israel's ambassador following that event and is still awaiting the results of an investigation into what happened. Abuamara said the lack of accountability for that incident illustrates how Palestinians feel when they level accusations against Israeli soldiers. 'It's just exactly what we want the Canadian government and the Canadian people to know — this is what we have been living for decades. Israel is never wrong,' she said. Uncategorized Sunshine Girls Columnists NHL Crime
Toronto Sun
07-07-2025
- Science
- Toronto Sun
Daredevils run with charging bulls at Pamplona's famous San Fermin festival
Published Jul 07, 2025 • 2 minute read Revellers gather and drink wine to celebrate during the "Chupinazo" (rocket launch start) marking the official start of the San Fermin Festival in Plaza Consistorial outside the Town Hall of Pamplona in northern Spain on July 6, 2025. Photo by CESAR MANSO / AFP via Getty Images PAMPLONA, Spain — Thousands of daredevils ran, skidded and tumbled out of the way of a stampeding group of bulls at the opening run of the San Fermin festival Monday. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account It was the first of nine morning runs or 'encierros' during the famous celebrations held in the northern Spanish city of Pamplona. The bulls pounded along the twisting cobblestone streets after being led by six steers. Up to 4,000 runners take part in each bull run, which takes place over 846 metres (2,775 feet) and can last two to four minutes. Most runners wear the traditional garb of white trousers and shirt with red sash and neckerchief. The expert Spanish runners try to sprint just in front of the bull's horns for a few death-defying seconds while egging the animal on with a rolled newspaper. Thousands of spectators watched from balconies and wooden barricades along the course. Millions more follow the visceral spectacle on live television. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The festival kicked off Sunday with the traditional 'chupinazo' firework blast after which revellers doused one another with red or sparkling wine. While gorings are not rare, many more people are bruised and injured in falls and pileups with each other. Medics rush in to treat the injured and take the seriously hurt to a hospital. On Monday, Spanish newspaper El Pais reported that a few revellers had been injured, but it wasn't clear if their injuries were from gorings. Unofficial records say at least 15 people have died in the bull runs over the past century. The deadliest day on record was July 13, 1980, when four runners were killed by two bulls. The last death was in 2009. The rest of each day is for eating, drinking, dancing and cultural entertainment, including bull fights where the animals that run in the morning are slain in the bull ring by professional matadors each afternoon. The festival isn't without its detractors. On Saturday, animal rights activists marched through Pamplona wearing horns and splotched with fake blood in protest against the San Fermin bull runs. Some held up signs saying 'bullfights are a sin.' The festival was made internationally famous by Ernest Hemingway's classic 1926 novel 'The Sun Also Rises,' about American bohemians wasting away in Europe. — Wilson reported from Barcelona, Spain. Sunshine Girls Editorial Cartoons Toronto Raptors World Columnists
Toronto Sun
06-05-2025
- Business
- Toronto Sun
Spain's government approves a bill that reduces the workweek from 40 to 37.5 hours
Published May 06, 2025 • 1 minute read Employees work at a local food market in Burgos, northern Spain, on April 29, 2025, a day after a massive power outage affected the entire Iberian Peninsula and southern France. Photo by CESAR MANSO / AFP via Getty Images MADRID — Workers in Spain may soon have 2.5 more hours of weekly rest. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account The Spanish government approved a bill Tuesday reducing the workweek from 40 to 37.5 hours. Twelve and a half million full-time and part-time private sector workers will benefit from the reduction, expected to improve productivity and reduce absenteeism, according to the Ministry of Labour. 'Today we are modernizing the world of labour and helping people to be a little happier,' said Vice President and Labour Minister Yolanda Diaz. The measure, which already applies to civil servants and some sectors, will mainly affect the retail, manufacturing, hospitality, and construction industries, Diaz added. The parliament, where the left-wing coalition government doesn't have enough votes, will have to approve the bill for it to come into effect. The main trade unions support the proposal, unlike the business association. Sumar, the leftist minority partner of President Pedro Sanchez's Socialist Party, proposed the bill. The Catalan nationalist party Junts, an occasional ally of Sanchez's coalition, expressed concern over what they said were the bill's negative consequences for small companies and the self-employed. Spain has had a 40-hour workweek since 1983, when it was reduced from 48 hours.
