{"id":79397,"date":"2026-03-15T22:04:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T22:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=79397"},"modified":"2026-03-15T22:04:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T22:04:50","slug":"catholic-church-in-spain-creates-department-for-relations-with-islam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/catholic-church-in-spain-creates-department-for-relations-with-islam\/","title":{"rendered":"La Iglesia Cat\u00f3lica en Espa\u00f1a crea un departamento para las relaciones con el Islam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>La comisi\u00f3n permanente de la Conferencia Episcopal Espa\u00f1ola (CEE) ha aprobado la creaci\u00f3n de un departamento para las relaciones con el islam, con el objetivo de abordar el crecimiento de la poblaci\u00f3n musulmana en el pa\u00eds.<\/p>\n<p>Este nuevo organismo forma parte de la Subcomisi\u00f3n Episcopal para las Relaciones Interconfesionales y el Di\u00e1logo Interreligioso, presidida por el obispo auxiliar de Sevilla, Ram\u00f3n Dar\u00edo Valdivia.<\/p>\n<p>El portavoz de la CEE, el obispo Francisco C\u00e9sar Garc\u00eda Mag\u00e1n, declar\u00f3 a los medios que la misi\u00f3n del nuevo departamento es \u201cdar respuesta a los retos pastorales que plantea la creciente presencia de fieles musulmanes en Espa\u00f1a\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Entre estos retos se encuentran el apoyo a los c\u00f3nyuges en matrimonios mixtos y la formaci\u00f3n de sacerdotes, seminaristas y laicos para un di\u00e1logo pertinente. Garc\u00eda se\u00f1al\u00f3 que los obispos son \u201cconscientes de la necesidad de personal formado en este \u00e1mbito\u201d y que los sacerdotes han sido formados para este fin en el Instituto Pontificio de Estudios \u00c1rabes e Isl\u00e1micos de Roma.<\/p>\n<p>El departamento para el di\u00e1logo con el mundo musulm\u00e1n tambi\u00e9n desarrollar\u00e1 materiales catequ\u00e9ticos para los conversos al cristianismo desde el islam y buscar\u00e1 fomentar \u201cel fortalecimiento de las relaciones institucionales con los grupos isl\u00e1micos\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Este tipo de organizaci\u00f3n no es nueva en Europa. Como se\u00f1al\u00f3 Mag\u00e1n, las conferencias episcopales de Francia e Italia tambi\u00e9n cuentan con estructuras similares y han producido un importante cuerpo de trabajo doctrinal.<\/p>\n<h2>2,5 millones de musulmanes en Espa\u00f1a<\/h2>\n<p>La Uni\u00f3n de Comunidades Isl\u00e1micas de Espa\u00f1a (UCIDE) estima en su informe anual de 2024 que aproximadamente 2,5 millones de musulmanes viven en el pa\u00eds, lo que representa alrededor del 5% de la poblaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>Seg\u00fan la misma fuente, la mayor\u00eda de los musulmanes son ciudadanos espa\u00f1oles, ya sea por nacimiento o naturalizaci\u00f3n (aproximadamente 600.000 naturalizados en 56 a\u00f1os), seguidos por marroqu\u00edes, paquistan\u00edes, senegaleses y argelinos. Los municipios con mayor poblaci\u00f3n musulmana son Barcelona, Ceuta, Madrid y Melilla, seguidos de El Ejido (Almer\u00eda) y Murcia. Ceuta y Melilla son ciudades aut\u00f3nomas espa\u00f1olas en la costa marroqu\u00ed del norte de \u00c1frica.<\/p>\n<p>Esta presencia tambi\u00e9n ha dado lugar a un n\u00famero creciente de estudiantes que estudian la religi\u00f3n isl\u00e1mica cada a\u00f1o, superando los 390.000 desde que se public\u00f3 el plan de estudios de la asignatura en 1996. Este programa cuenta con m\u00e1s de 300 profesores, m\u00e1s de un tercio de los cuales tienen su sede en Andaluc\u00eda, la zona m\u00e1s meridional de la Espa\u00f1a peninsular.<\/p>\n<p>Las escuelas espa\u00f1olas est\u00e1n obligadas por ley a ofrecer cursos de religi\u00f3n, aunque es opcional para el estudiante tomar la clase. <\/p>\n<p>La comunidad isl\u00e1mica del pa\u00eds tambi\u00e9n incluye un im\u00e1n militar (similar a un capell\u00e1n) que atiende a los reclusos en la prisi\u00f3n militar de Madrid; cinco imanes que brindan asistencia en hospitales y centros de detenci\u00f3n para extranjeros y menores; y 11 imanes penitenciarios que sirven en prisiones de Catalu\u00f1a, Madrid y Valencia, las Islas Canarias, Ceuta, Melilla y el Pa\u00eds Vasco.<\/p>\n<p><em>Esta historia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aciprensa.com\/noticias\/122543\/iglesia-catolica-en-espana-crea-un-departamento-para-las-relaciones-con-el-islam\">fue publicada originalmente <\/a>por ACI Prensa, el servicio hermano en espa\u00f1ol de EWTN News. Ha sido traducido y adaptado por EWTN News English.<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewtnnews.com\/world\/europe\/catholic-church-in-spain-creates-a-department-for-relations-with-islam\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.ewtnnews.com\/world\/europe\/catholic-church-in-spain-creates-a-department-for-relations-with-islam<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The standing committee of the Spanish Bishops\u2019 Conference (CEE, by its Spanish acronym) has approved the creation of a department for relations with Islam, intended to address the growth of the country\u2019s Muslim population. This new body is part of the Bishops\u2019 Subcommittee for Interconfessional Relations and Interreligious Dialogue, chaired by the auxiliary bishop of [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-79397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":74655,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/spain-catholic-church-sign-agreement-to-compensate-victims-of-sexual-abuse\/","url_meta":{"origin":79397,"position":0},"title":"Spain, Catholic Church sign agreement to compensate victims of sexual abuse","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"enero 13, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Archbishop Luis Arg\u00fcello, president of the Spanish Bishops\u2019 Conference; F\u00e9lix Bola\u00f1os, minister of the Presidency, Justice, and Relations with the Parliament; and Father Jes\u00fas D\u00edaz Sariego, OP, president of CONFER. | Credit: Ministry of the Presidency Jan 9, 2026 \/ 16:28 pm (CNA). 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