The Local Spain https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Spanish police rescue nuns cloistered in 'virtual slavery' Three nuns claim they have been kept against their will in a cloistered convent in the Spanish pilgrimage city of Santiago de Compostela. https://www.thelocal.es/20160126/police-rescue-nuns-kept-against-their-will Tue, 26 Jan 2016 13:52:46 +0100 police-rescue-nuns-kept-against-their-will World record nun dies after 86 years in convent A 105-year-old Spanish nun has died after spending 86 years in a convent, a period of ecclesiastical retreat touted by the Spanish media as a world record. https://www.thelocal.es/20130613/spanish-nun-dies-after-record-86-years-in-convent Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:25:00 +0200 spanish-nun-dies-after-record-86-years-in-convent