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 A group of cloistered nuns in Trujillo in the Spanish region of Extremadura are filling people’s hearts with a routine they posted online showing them dancing around their convent. https://www.thelocal.es/20201104/video-watch-cloistered-nuns-in-spain-dance-viral-challenge-from-inside-convent-walls Wed, 04 Nov 2020 11:57:07 +0100 video-watch-cloistered-nuns-in-spain-dance-viral-challenge-from-inside-convent-walls Two nuns submitted "virginity tests" to a Galician court in an attempt to prove the leader of their religious order was innocent of sexual abuse, recently released court transcripts show. https://www.thelocal.es/20160425/nuns-prove-virginity-in-bid-to-free-sect-leader-spain Mon, 25 Apr 2016 14:20:49 +0200 nuns-prove-virginity-in-bid-to-free-sect-leader-spain 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 A new television programme that will follow wannabe nuns into Spanish convents could have divine inspiration. https://www.thelocal.es/20160122/spain-new-reality-show-nuns-convent Fri, 22 Jan 2016 11:58:19 +0100 spain-new-reality-show-nuns-convent A couple of Catalan nuns are defying the Vatican and even the Spanish government by throwing their wimples into Spain's political arena. https://www.thelocal.es/20150520/spains-political-nuns-who-are-defying-the-vatican Wed, 20 May 2015 15:12:42 +0200 spains-political-nuns-who-are-defying-the-vatican The parents of 'nuns' with a Spanish sect hit whose leader has been hit with sexual abuse charges have called on the Pope to help convince the young women to leave the order. https://www.thelocal.es/20141218/families-urge-pope-to-intervene-in-cult-case Thu, 18 Dec 2014 13:48:00 +0100 families-urge-pope-to-intervene-in-cult-case The top Spanish cardinal who recently selected eight priests to work as an exclusive exorcist squad said on Friday that the best way to help embattled Spain's Royal Family "is to pray". https://www.thelocal.es/20130621/exorcist-priest-aids-spanish-king-with-prayer Fri, 21 Jun 2013 16:01:00 +0200 exorcist-priest-aids-spanish-king-with-prayer Spain's national television broadcaster TVE has come under fire for a news segment in which psychologists were misquoted as saying that prayer can help people suffering from the effects of the country's economic crisis. https://www.thelocal.es/20130509/tv-prayer-row-strirs-psychologist-outrage Thu, 09 May 2013 15:32:00 +0200 tv-prayer-row-strirs-psychologist-outrage The number of people living in Spain's religious institutions fell by over 50 percent in the decade from 2001 to 2011, new figures show. https://www.thelocal.es/20130508/spain-loses-faith-as-religious-orders-empty-out Wed, 08 May 2013 18:11:00 +0200 spain-loses-faith-as-religious-orders-empty-out