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Priest forced to apologise in Spain’s Tenerife after ordering 300-year old frescoes to be painted over during restoration of a church

A PRIEST in the Canary Islands has been forced to apologise to angry locals after accidentally ordering workers to paint over historic frescoes during a

14 Mar, 2024 @ 13:40

Canary Islands·Lead·Tenerife

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While Spanish victims are forced to wait for justice, Portugal publishes report on abuses in the Catholic Church

A DEVASTATING report published this week has revealed that at least 4,815 children were sexually abused by members of the Catholic Church in Portugal over

14 Feb, 2023 @ 17:45

Lead·National News

Probe by Spain’s Catholic Church into child sex abuse branded ‘near useless’ by prosecutor

SPAIN’S Proscutor’s Office has slammed an internal investigation by the Spanish Catholic Church into sex abuse allegations as ‘biased’ and ‘of little use’. Spain’s Episcopal

20 May, 2022 @ 11:32

Lead·National News

How a Toledo synagogue became a symbol of anti-Semitism in Spain

To mark Castilla-La Mancha Day, the Olive Press visits a curious monument symbolic of an age-old conflict in Spain.

31 May, 2021 @ 11:05

La Cultura·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel: Castilla-La Mancha·What to see

Rebel Spanish priest shocks Catholic traditionalists by opening his Madrid church to the homeless this Christmas, writes Heather Galloway

He has been criticised for mingling with celebrities and giving homosexual couples his blessing

23 Dec, 2019 @ 08:00

La Cultura·Lead

More than 127,000 Sephardi Jews outside Spain apply for Spanish citizenship after their ancestors were exiled 600 years ago

The Sephardi Jews set up communities throughout Spain and Portugal before they began to be exiled in the 15th Century

3 Oct, 2019 @ 12:24

La Cultura·Lead

Spanish Catholic group under fire AGAIN after comparing feminists to Hitler on side of campaign bus

HazteOir is an ultra-Catholic organisation that has faced similar controversy before

1 Mar, 2019 @ 13:10

Lead·Politics

63 YEARS: Paedophile in pope’s inner circle who lived in Spain protected by ‘mafia’ Vatican for seven decades

SINCE 1943 the Vatican hid documents on the paedophilia of a top Catholic priest, it has been revealed. Marcial Maciel, who founded the Legionaries of

3 Jan, 2019 @ 13:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Lesbians who tricked Spain’s Catholic church almost 120 years ago to have film made about them

A FILM chronicling the lives of two pioneering lesbians is under the works in Spain. It comes 117 years after Elisa and Marcela posed as

19 Feb, 2018 @ 11:46

La Cultura·Lead

Pope Francis fuming after Vatican police raid ‘drug-fuelled gay orgy’ at home of top cardinal

Police were called to the apartment by neighbours who complained of loud noises

5 Jul, 2017 @ 17:33

Lead·Politics

PRAYER BATTLE: Granada Catholics outraged after Muslim prayers held near Virgin Mary statue

The gathering was sanctioned by the town hall and welcomed by mayor Francisco Cuenca

14 Jun, 2017 @ 08:37

Granada·La Cultura·Lead

Ratings for Spain’s televised mass soar after Podemos calls for it to be scrapped

The far-left party had proposed a bill that would end the broadcast of the Roman Catholic Mass on La2 television in a bid to make

1 Apr, 2017 @ 14:00

La Cultura·Lead

Chelsea Clinton condemns Hazte Oir anti-transgender bus heading to Malaga

She took to Twitter to urge Catholic group Hazte Oir not to 'bring these buses to the U.S. (or anywhere)' as it revealed a new

10 Mar, 2017 @ 10:50

Crime & Law·Education·La Cultura·Lead·Malaga·National News

Church weddings hit historic low in Spain

Only 22.2% of 68,560 couples tied the knot at the country's catholic altars in the first half of 2016

11 Jan, 2017 @ 10:32

Jaen·La Cultura·Lead

PSOE prime minister candidate wants to scrap religious education from Spain’s schools

If Pedro Sanchez is named prime minister he has vowed to pull religion courses form both public and private schools

1 Nov, 2015 @ 14:45

Education·Featured·National News·Politics

Meet the headmaster of Gibraltar’s new independent school next week

The Rock Hotel is hosting an information evening to introduce the headmaster of Gibraltar's independent school opening September 2016

21 Sep, 2015 @ 14:13

Education·Gibraltar·Lead

Prior Park has several successful schools in the UK already

New private school to open in Gibraltar

A brand new independent senior school in Gibraltar is set to open in September 2016

12 Jun, 2015 @ 15:30

Education·Gibraltar·Lead

Granada court drops charges against Catholic priests accused of sex abuse

Nine out of 10 of the priests and two laymen have been cleared due to the time delay

16 Feb, 2015 @ 18:15

Crime & Law·Granada·Lead

Judge in Granada charges ten priests with child abuse

The accused have been charged with abusing four teenage boys between 2004 and 2007

28 Jan, 2015 @ 15:02

Crime & Law·Granada·Lead

Andalucia battles Church move to strike ‘Mosque’ from Cordoba Cathedral title

Andalucia’s Tourist Board refuses to accept the Catholic Church's decision to change Cordoba's iconic Mosque-Cathedral's title

26 Dec, 2014 @ 10:00

Cordoba·Lead

Is Spain’s Catholic church on its knees?

The Spanish church is in freefall after a scandal exposed a sinister paedophile sect, praying on youngsters. Are its days of influence numbered, asks Jacqueline

13 Dec, 2014 @ 11:00

Granada

Praying for change: in the Catholic Church

Has the Granada sex scandal brought the Catholic Church to its knees?

10 Dec, 2014 @ 12:02

Opinion

Estepona castle reopen to the public

Estepona’s 16th century Castillo de San Luis is set to be opened again to the public

18 Sep, 2014 @ 17:00

La Cultura

James Bond just isn’t the same in Spain

Censored versions of Ian Fleming novels produced during chaste Franco era are still being reproduced today

15 Oct, 2012 @ 16:00

Faults in the Pope’s new plan

Columnist Max Barnie offers his view on the Pope requiring a common language

12 Oct, 2012 @ 18:18

Max Bartie

A divine career

Campaign offering ‘eternal wealth’ and a ‘permanent job’ has been launched by Spain’s Catholic Church in an effort to attract young men into the priesthood

10 Apr, 2012 @ 10:31

Lead·National News