A Queen Birthday

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Today we celebrate the anniversary of Queen, Isabella the Catholic. Probably one of the most important women in the history of this planet. How is it possible that the Roman Church haven’t canonized Queen Isabela? She dedicated a whole continent to Christianity. Is interesting that the push for canonization is coming from Hispanic America because Spain is lost in the wilderness.

For me Queen Isabel la Católica do not represent the past, she represents the future of the Hispanic world. What are we going to do with the Hispanic civilization and Catholic heritage that unite us all? Are we going to remain passive actors in history? Today those are the questions people in Central and South America are asking.

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#2

I am of Spanish heritage, The Kingdom of Galicia from my father’s side, and The Kingdom of Navarra from my mother’s side. This week one of my work colleagues asked me how I was after hearing of Francis’s death. I was caught quite by surprise and the look on my face prompted my colleague to further ask if I am Catholic. Without thinking, I blurted out “I am Catholic but not Roman Catholic”. She asked what I meant and I realised I couldn’t possibly explain all of it within a few minutes making a cup of coffee. What I wanted to say was that I am a Western Orthodox Catholic but without a Church, which is true as I no longer resonate with this modern and “progressive” Roman Catholicism. Holding of hands, the colourful priest facing the congregation, the modern music, the alteration of all the prayers, its all theatre. But that would have confused her and perhaps led to more questions that I couldn’t possibly answer in the next few seconds. Plus, we have a work policy that curbs any discussion that might be interpreted as “hate speech”, so explanations such as this have to be carefully thought through. In my Catholic school days, I was fortunate to attend some beautiful Masses in the Old Rite on school scripture days and I’ve never forgotten them. However knowing what I know now, I long for an even older, and more ancient Catholic Church. If I could find such a Church nowadays, I would unreservedly attend again. Reina Isabel was a strong and good Queen.

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In my opinion, the Roman Church in its eagerness to bring people to the Church embraced modernity. In the process of catering to people outside the church, they forgot about the most faithful believers and the most loyal daughters, namely Spain in the Iberian Peninsula and the Americas. Restoring our rituals and traditions is something Catholics are working and praying for.

The canonization of Queen Elizabeth is just and necessary for both Spain and Hispanic America. She deserves all the considerations, indeed she was an incredible queen.

In the Anglo-Saxon world, changes happen from the top down. The elites set a course and the people fall in line. In the Hispanic world this isn’t the case, why? The elites abandoned the people three centuries ago; as a consequence profound changes come from the bottom up, they take longer to manifest. I see something big happening in the Hispanic world is going to take a while, but you see it boiling all over the place. Starting with the dismantling of the black legend and the canonization of Queen Isabel, that’s the beginning.