Franco considered the Catholic Church to be one of the pillars of his authoritarian regime, along with the military and the Falange (a far-right political party). This alliance was built on shared …

I know that Francisco Franco supported the Catholic Church certainly more than the Spanish Republicans did in their day, and his mother was apparently a devout Catholic. Apparently he …

Nov 3, 2015 · Everything about Spain began to change, and to change fast, after November, 1975, forty years ago this month. That is when Gen. Francisco Franco, Spain’s ruler since …

National Catholicism (Spanish: nacionalcatolicismo) was part of the ideological identity of Francoism, the political system through which the Spanish dictator Francisco Franco governed …

Jan 21, 2022 · When compared to Spain, a study of the history shows that the Spanish Catholic Church not only was complicit in the Franco dictatorship but in fact was an active part in it and …

On April 1, 1939, Generalísimo Francisco Franco, crusading leader of the rebellious Nationalist forces, triumphantly declared the Spanish Civil War over. The Catholic Church was the …

While under the leadership of Francisco Franco, the Spanish government explicitly endorsed the Catholic Church as the religion of the nation state and did not endorse liberal ideas such as …

Feb 7, 2023 · On Jan. 25, a machete-wielding Muslim extremist attacked people at two churches (killing one person) at Algeciras in Spain's southern Cádiz-Ceuta Diocese, prompting fresh …

Some Catholic churches in Spain have marking on their walls with the pro-Franco fighters died during the war with the phrase "fallen for God and for Spain". Probably they will be. forced to …

Jan 16, 2025 · Historians find it controversial to define Francisco Franco's 40-year dictatorship as fascist, and instead have termed it as “national Catholicism” to define the essence of his regime.