Who's a very good boy? Madrid church douses pets with holy water
Dozens of dogs and cats, a few parrots and a chicken queued up alongside their owners outside a church in Madrid on Friday, ...
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Catholic priest denies gay mayor communion because he’s living with a man
The Socialist party of Spain's Segovia province has threatened to bring hate crimes charges against the Church.
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Why The World’s Only Prison For Catholic Priests Was In Franco’s Spain
The Catholic Church was one of the social and ideological pillars of Francoism from the moment of the coup, as evidenced by the ‘Collective letter of all Spanish bishops’, made public July 1, 1937 to ...
Mystery ‘saint’ appears in local church bearing remarkable likeness to a local businessman
A tiny village in northeastern Spain was shocked to discover that a mystery “saint” had appeared in their church that bore a ...
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Town mayor banned from from receiving Holy Communion at church in Spain because he’s gay and in a relationship
A PARISH priest in a Castilla y Leon region town has refused to give Holy Communion to the mayor because he's gay and in a relationship. The priest's ban ...
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Church accused of hate crime after ‘banning gay mayor from mass’
Catholic priest threatened with legal action after priest allegedly blocked homosexual couples from receiving communion Spain’s Catholic Church has been accused of a hate crime after a gay mayor ...
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La Sagrada Família (Church of the Sacred Family)
But the church wasn't always Gaudí's. The architect that was first commissioned to work on the Sagrada, Francisco de Paula del Villar, was replaced after disagreeing with its promoters.