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 The Vatican on Thursday said the former papal envoy to Madrid's criticism of plans to move dictator general Francisco Franco's remains were his personal opinion after Spain complained of "interference". https://www.thelocal.es/20190719/vatican-insists-ex-envoys-comments-on-franco-exhumation-personal Fri, 19 Jul 2019 11:20:33 +0200 vatican-insists-ex-envoys-comments-on-franco-exhumation-personal Spanish police said on Friday that they had smashed a ring that allegedly operated a fake branch of the Vatican Bank and swindled people around the world. https://www.thelocal.es/20180203/spain-smashes-ring-impersonating-vatican-bank Sat, 03 Feb 2018 11:46:47 +0100 spain-smashes-ring-impersonating-vatican-bank Two investigative journalists accused of publishing stolen papers which exposed scandal in the Vatican were acquitted on Thursday, while a whistle-blowing Spanish prelate was sentenced to jail time in the Vatileaks trial. https://www.thelocal.es/20160708/vatileaks-spanish-whistle-blower-gets-jail-time Fri, 08 Jul 2016 10:55:44 +0200 vatileaks-spanish-whistle-blower-gets-jail-time The Italian PR expert arrested for allegedly stealing confidential documents from the Vatican, insisted it was her co-accused, a Spanish priest, who secretly recorded the pope's conversations. https://www.thelocal.es/20151105/pr-whizz-accuses-spanish-priest-of-papal-wiretaps Thu, 05 Nov 2015 09:57:31 +0100 pr-whizz-accuses-spanish-priest-of-papal-wiretaps 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 The Vatican has closed a probe into alleged sexual abuse of a boy at a school in northern Spain which had prompted intervention by Pope Francis, the school said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20151012/vatican-closes-probe-into-sex-abuse-at-spanish-school Mon, 12 Oct 2015 17:58:48 +0200 vatican-closes-probe-into-sex-abuse-at-spanish-school Spain's bishops conference on Thursday defended the right of priests to maintain the secrecy of the confessional booth even in cases of serious crimes such as the sexual abuse of children. https://www.thelocal.es/20150227/priests-defend-secrecy-in-sex-abuse-confessions Fri, 27 Feb 2015 10:30:44 +0100 priests-defend-secrecy-in-sex-abuse-confessions A transsexual Spanish man met with the Pope over the weekend, it emerged on Tuesday, according to Spanish press reports. https://www.thelocal.es/20150127/transsexual-meets-with-pope-at-the-vatican Tue, 27 Jan 2015 10:48:00 +0100 transsexual-meets-with-pope-at-the-vatican Spain's King Felipe and Queen Letizia have made the first international trip of their rule, visiting Pope Francis in the Vatican. https://www.thelocal.es/20140630/spains-new-king-make-visit-to-pope-felipe-letizia Mon, 30 Jun 2014 11:38:00 +0200 spains-new-king-make-visit-to-pope-felipe-letizia Pope Francis on Tuesday criticized an "inhumane" system which causes a youth unemployment rate of "50 percent" in Spain and "60 percent" in Andalusia in the wake of recent European elections. https://www.thelocal.es/20140527/pope-takes-aim-at-spanish-unemployment Tue, 27 May 2014 12:12:00 +0200 pope-takes-aim-at-spanish-unemployment Spain's Catholic Church beatified 522 "martyrs" on Sunday, mostly clerics killed during the Spanish Civil War, prompting fury from Franco-era victims' groups who say the honour "legitimized" his dictatorship. https://www.thelocal.es/20131014/pope-praises-spains-522-pro-franco-martyrs Mon, 14 Oct 2013 11:22:00 +0200 pope-praises-spains-522-pro-franco-martyrs Spain's socialist opposition party say they will mount a legal challenge against any changes that make Spain's abortion law more restrictive. They will also downgrade their relations with the Vatican if new rules are introduced. https://www.thelocal.es/20130416/spains-socialists-slam-government-abortion-plans Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:20:00 +0200 spains-socialists-slam-government-abortion-plans Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Monday became the first European leader to meet with Pope Francis, with the Vatican saying the two discussed the country's steep economic crisis. https://www.thelocal.es/20130415/spanish-pm-talks-crisis-with-pope-francis Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:34:09 +0200 spanish-pm-talks-crisis-with-pope-francis