Religion news & information for Spain

TWO in three marriages are civil ceremonies and only half of all children are christened in Spain – and now, non-religious funerals are on the rise.

PRETTY Woman actor Richard Gere wants to build the largest buddhist centre in Spain in the commuter town of Alcorcón (Greater Madrid region).

A LEADING Catholic organism in Spain calls surrogate pregnancy 'exploitation of women' and urges families who cannot have their own biological child to adopt instead.

A CANARY Island bishop says the sight of a 'drag-queen Virgin Mary' being crowned at Las Palmas carnival 'saddened him more than the Spanair crash' of August 2008.

Gloria Casanova allegedly told students during a class on Social Doctrine of the Church, part of third-year journalism studies at the Cardenal Herrera University, that becoming pregnant through rape was 'something...

The Government Delegation in Madrid has today banned an "atheist procession" being planned by various social groups for Maundy Thursday, having decided that it will be in conflict with the traditional Holy Week...

It has emerged that the Bishop of Ciudad Real was responsible for the expulsion of a 54 year old woman from a religious fraternity in Abenójar as a result of her recent civil marriage to her lesbian partner, which the...

The leader of the Catholic Church in Navarra, Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, who is the archbishop of Pamplona and the bishop of Tudela, has recommended catholics to vote for extreme right parties such as the Spanish...

Given that Spain is known for its colourful, drunken, noisy fiestas that fill the streets with music, flamboyant costumes and a party atmosphere, the first sight of a Semana Santa parade can be somewhat alarming for the...

The children at the Hilarión Gimeno state-run junior school in Zaragoza will not be singing any Christmas carols this year after it was decided to cancel Christmas celebrations because they are a lay school.

Gustavo de Aristegui, Foreign Affairs spokesman for the conservative Partido Popular, yesterday admitted that he considered that a fundamentalist website has issued death threats against him.

A giant crane yesterday manoeuvered into place the huge 38 ton central cross that will form the main part of the altar from which Pope Benedict XVI will preside the main meetings of the World Family Forum that will take...