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Spanish priest killed by jihadis in Burkina Faso
A Spanish priest and four customs officers were killed during an attack by alleged jihadists in Burkina Faso, local sources said.
Spanish court acquits Granada priest accused of sexually abusing teenage altar boys
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.
Need to confess sins? New app in Spain finds nearest priest
Catholics seeking to confess their sins to a priest in Spain can now turn to a new app to find the nearest available cleric.
Sacked Vatican priest urges change in 'new manifesto for gay liberation'
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.
Spanish monsignor arrested as 'Vatileaks' scandal strikes again
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.
The priest singing his way to stardom in Spain
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.
Hallelujah! Spanish priest sings like an angel
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.
Pope phones Spanish victim of abusive priests
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.
Villagers accuse priest of stealing Virgin statue
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.
'Spain's repratriated nun clear of Ebola': doctors
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.
Spain's flamenco priest wins new fans for church
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.
'Adultery' priest forced to quit by furious locals
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.
Priest shocks Spain with wife-beater sermon
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.
Catalan cops collar paedophile priest
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.
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'Priest oral sex video not a hoax': Police
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.
Churchgoers overpower gun-toting cyclist
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.
Transsexuals fight church in hunger strike
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.
World record nun dies after 86 years in convent
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.