Archbishop Of Madrid On The Jesuits

The archbishop of Madrid, Cardinal Antonio María Rouco Varela mentioned that the Church in Spain has faced challenges such as the Muslim invasion, which began in 711 and lasted almost eight centuries.

He said that "when the great break of the unity of Europe took place with the Protestant Reformation, Spain kept her unity without a single fissure and lived through one of the most fruitful times of her missionary activity: the foundation of the Jesuits and the renewal of Carmel with St. Teresa of Jesus."

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