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 What a 16th-century Spanish mystic can teach us about making good decisions St. Ignatius, a soldier-turned-mystic born in the 16th Century in the Basque Country developed a method of discernment that can be useful at those times when we just don't know what's the right thing to do. https://www.thelocal.es/20190121/what-a-16th-century-spanish-mystic-can-teach-us-about-making-good-decisions Mon, 21 Jan 2019 11:02:01 +0100 what-a-16th-century-spanish-mystic-can-teach-us-about-making-good-decisions Pope awards sainthood to controversial monk Pope Francis on Wednesday formally gave his blessing to the canonisation of Junipero Serra, an 18th-century Spanish missionary credited with evangelising California at a high price for native Americans. https://www.thelocal.es/20150506/pope-approves-sainthood-for-controversial-spanish-missionary Wed, 06 May 2015 17:51:18 +0200 pope-approves-sainthood-for-controversial-spanish-missionary