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 Throngs of mourners attended the funeral on Thursday for a Catholic sister from Spain who was shot dead last week on a highway in Haiti. https://www.thelocal.es/20160909/throngs-mourn-spanish-catholic-nun-shot-dead-in-haiti Fri, 09 Sep 2016 11:13:13 +0200 throngs-mourn-spanish-catholic-nun-shot-dead-in-haiti Spanish doctors said on Friday that blood tests showed no sign of Ebola in a nun who was evacuated from Liberia along with an elderly missionary infected with the deadly virus. https://www.thelocal.es/20140808/spanish-nun-clear-of-ebola-liberia-madrid-hospital Fri, 08 Aug 2014 16:08:00 +0200 spanish-nun-clear-of-ebola-liberia-madrid-hospital Olalla Oliveros, a famous Spanish model and actress, has revealed that she secretly quit showbusiness in 2010 after experiencing an 'internal earthquake' during a visit to a religious sanctuary in Portugal and has spent the last 4 years as a nun. https://www.thelocal.es/20140623/top-spanish-model-swaps-runway-for-nunnery Mon, 23 Jun 2014 19:03:00 +0200 top-spanish-model-swaps-runway-for-nunnery A group of Spanish transsexuals is planning to go on hunger strike outside Granada Cathedral in the southern region of Andalusia to protest against a parish priest's decision to refuse confirmation to a fellow transsexual. https://www.thelocal.es/20130613/hunger-striking-transsexuals-fight-church-snub Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:12:00 +0200 hunger-striking-transsexuals-fight-church-snub 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 Prostitutes in the city of Murcia took to the streets on Sunday alongside nuns and volunteers to clean up the area where they work. https://www.thelocal.es/20130513/prostitutes-clean-up-on-murcia-streets Mon, 13 May 2013 13:19:00 +0200 prostitutes-clean-up-on-murcia-streets Many Spaniards are questioning the motives of Interior Minister Jorge Fernández Díaz after his office called up police officers who had asked a nun to remove her headgear during an ID check. https://www.thelocal.es/20130408/minister-queries-police-over-sister-act Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:23:00 +0200 minister-queries-police-over-sister-act