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 Spain's Supreme Court has confirmed a jail sentence of more than 17 years for a priest who sexually abused two boys, one of whose parents consented. https://www.thelocal.es/20190411/spains-supreme-court-confirms-jail-for-priest-who-abused-boys Thu, 11 Apr 2019 11:40:58 +0200 spains-supreme-court-confirms-jail-for-priest-who-abused-boys A Spanish priest and four customs officers were killed during an attack by alleged jihadists in Burkina Faso, local sources said. https://www.thelocal.es/20190216/spanish-priest-killed-by-jihadis-in-burkina-faso Sat, 16 Feb 2019 14:23:28 +0100 spanish-priest-killed-by-jihadis-in-burkina-faso A Spanish court on Tuesday acquitted a Catholic priest accused of sexually abusing a teenage altar boy, in a case in which Pope Francis had pushed for an investigation. https://www.thelocal.es/20170412/spanish-court-acquits-granada-priest-accused-of-sex-abuse Wed, 12 Apr 2017 11:48:08 +0200 spanish-court-acquits-granada-priest-accused-of-sex-abuse Catholics seeking to confess their sins to a priest in Spain can now turn to a new app to find the nearest available cleric. https://www.thelocal.es/20161208/need-to-confess-sins-new-app-in-spain-finds-nearest-priest Thu, 08 Dec 2016 12:08:03 +0100 need-to-confess-sins-new-app-in-spain-finds-nearest-priest More than a month after the Vatican fired high-ranking priest Krzysztof Charamsa for his very public coming-out, he says he has no regrets and is planning a book about his experience. https://www.thelocal.es/20151113/sacked-priest-launches-manifesto Fri, 13 Nov 2015 10:15:53 +0100 sacked-priest-launches-manifesto A Spanish prelate has been arrested for allegedly stealing and leaking classified Vatican documents in the second such scandal to hit the secretive institution in three years. https://www.thelocal.es/20151102/spanish-prelate-arrested-in-return-of-vatileaks-scandal Mon, 02 Nov 2015 15:34:49 +0100 spanish-prelate-arrested-in-return-of-vatileaks-scandal As The Voice reaches its finale on Wednesday, this year's most memorable contestant chats to The Local about his Twitter fan club, his love of Miley Cyrus and why the church needs to follow his hip example. https://www.thelocal.es/20150624/the-spanish-priest-singing-his-way-to-stardom Wed, 24 Jun 2015 14:48:08 +0200 the-spanish-priest-singing-his-way-to-stardom A 28-year-old priest has amazed viewers with his rendition of Robbie Williams classic 'Angels' on the Spanish version of singing competition, The Voice. https://www.thelocal.es/20150430/young-spanish-priest-wows-on-the-voice Thu, 30 Apr 2015 12:06:00 +0200 young-spanish-priest-wows-on-the-voice The Archbishop of Granada on Monday suspended a number of priests who are among at least twelve people being investigated for suspected sexual abuse. The Pope has personally phoned one of the alleged victims to pledge his support. https://www.thelocal.es/20141117/pope-phones-spanish-victim-of-sexual-abuse Mon, 17 Nov 2014 17:59:00 +0100 pope-phones-spanish-victim-of-sexual-abuse Residents of the tiny village of Pontenova in the north-west of Spain have refused to carry a statue of the Virgin Mary in the traditional annual parade because they claim that a local parish priest has swapped the original for a fake copy and pocketed all the decorative jewels. https://www.thelocal.es/20140909/villagers-accuse-priest-of-swapping-virgin-statue Tue, 09 Sep 2014 12:57:00 +0200 villagers-accuse-priest-of-swapping-virgin-statue 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 A 66-year-old priest from the southern Spanish city of Malaga is drawing in new followers with his unique style of worship: flamenco dancing from the pulpit. https://www.thelocal.es/20140728/spain-flamenco-dancing-priest-youtube-malaga Mon, 28 Jul 2014 12:35:00 +0200 spain-flamenco-dancing-priest-youtube-malaga Angry parishioners have forced a local priest in Spain's Galicia region to resign after he called women "adulterers" and refused give holy communion to unmarried couples who lived together in sin. https://www.thelocal.es/20140514/spansih-priest-forced-to-quit-by-angry-locals Wed, 14 May 2014 13:21:00 +0200 spansih-priest-forced-to-quit-by-angry-locals A sermon by a Spanish priest during a holy communion has caused a storm after he spoke of how men wouldn't beat their wives to death thirty years ago because they had Christian values. https://www.thelocal.es/20140505/men-would-hit-their-wives-but-not-kill-them-like-now Mon, 05 May 2014 19:44:17 +0200 men-would-hit-their-wives-but-not-kill-them-like-now Barcelona police arrested a parish priest on Wednesday for allegedly molesting three brothers aged between ten and fifteen, on the same day that the United Nations called on the Vatican to report sexual abusers within the church. https://www.thelocal.es/20140206/catalan-cops-collar-paedophile-priest Thu, 06 Feb 2014 17:46:00 +0100 catalan-cops-collar-paedophile-priest The Local has covered everything from to stupid thieves to crazy laws in 2013. Here are our ten most read articles of the last twelve months in terms of total page views. https://www.thelocal.es/20131231/the-locals-most Tue, 31 Dec 2013 15:24:00 +0100 the-locals-most Spanish Police have announced that a video released last May showing a priest receiving oral sex from a young man in a forest is indeed real. https://www.thelocal.es/20130904/priest-oral-sex-video-not-a-hoax-police Wed, 04 Sep 2013 15:23:17 +0200 priest-oral-sex-video-not-a-hoax-police A morning mass in Spain was the subject of an usual visitation on Monday when a pistol-wielding cyclist took over proceedings from the local parish priest. https://www.thelocal.es/20130716/churchgoers-overpower-gun-toting-cyclist Tue, 16 Jul 2013 14:51:00 +0200 churchgoers-overpower-gun-toting-cyclist 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