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Collective Letter Of The Spanish Bishops, 1937
The Collective Letter of the Spanish Bishops, 1937, was a pastoral letter written by Spanish bishops that justified Francisco Franco, Franco's uprising which precipitated the Spanish Civil War. Franco presented himself to world opinion as the defender of the Church. He was displeased at criticism levelled against him by some European Catholic Church, Catholics who condemned the murders of priests in the Republican zone, along with those of workers and peasants in the nationalist zone. Nearly all Spanish bishops had spoken publicly in favour of the insurrection, but this was insufficient for Franco. On 10 May 1937, he asked Isidro Goma y Tomas to promulgate "a text, addressed to bishops the world over with a request that it be published by the Catholic press everywhere, which would set out truth clearly and in proper perspective" (letter, Goma to Eugenio Pacelli, 12 May 1937). Goma immediately set to work on a statement aimed at international Catholic opinion. The letter carried the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco Bahamonde (born Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco Bahamonde; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general and dictator who led the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War and thereafter ruled over Spain from 1939 to 1975, assuming the title ''Caudillo''. This period in Spanish history, from the Nationalist victory to Franco's death, is commonly known as Francoist Spain or as the Francoist dictatorship. Born in Ferrol, Spain, Ferrol, Galicia, into an upper-class military family, Franco served in the Spanish Army as a cadet in the Toledo Infantry Academy from 1907 to 1910. While serving in Spanish protectorate in Morocco, Morocco, he rose through the ranks to become a brigadier general in 1926 at age 33. Two years later, Franco became the director of the General Military Academy in Zaragoza. As a Conservatism, conservative and Monarchism, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
