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by bcadmin | Jun 2, 2022 | Associated Press, Church in Europe, Francisco Franco, News, Spain | 0 |
Spain’s armed forces have fired an army captain after a video showed some 30 soldiers of the officer’s unit kneeling in front of the Valley of the Fallen mausoleum, the most potent existing symbol of the dictatorship of Gen. Francisco Franco.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 30, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, Francisco Franco, News, Secularization, Spain | 0 |
Spain’s Catholic bishops warned of growing division and tension in their country over government attempts to “deconstruct and dismantle the Christian worldview.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 13, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, Cross, Francisco Franco, News, Spain | 0 |
A group of Spanish lawyers has launched petitions and lawsuits to prevent the removal of crosses by local officials, after claims that Christian symbols are linked with the country’s former dictatorship.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 25, 2021 | Church in Europe, Discalced Carmelites, Francisco Franco, lead, News, Religious Freedom, Spain, Vandalism | 0 |
The mayor of a small town in southern Spain forcibly removed a cross from the doors of a convent. The crucifix was then found in a garbage dump.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 2, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, fascism, Francisco Franco, News, Spain | 0 |
The bishops’ conference of Spain warned of conflict over government plans to remove Catholic symbols from a civil war memorial site near Madrid from which the remains of former dictator Gen. Francisco Franco were exhumed a year ago.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 22, 2020 | Catholic Church, Church in Europe, Francisco Franco, lead, News, Pope Francis, Spain, Vatican | 0 |
Though generally refraining from denying public statements from global leaders, the Vatican on Tuesday publicly refuted the Spanish prime minister’s claim Pope Francis had helped him with the exhumation of the remains of the late head of state, General Francisco Franco.
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