In the passage  of history, there are certain periods during which great issues and principles are arrayed in stark contrast. Thus Henry VIII’s England, thus the American founding and  thus the 20th century struggle against communism. Throughout the world , everyone seemed to take one side or the other during the Spanish Civil War. Loyal Catholics in Spain were aligned with the pro-Franco Nationalists but elite worldwide opinion slavishly  preferred the “Republicans” who were in reality Communists…..they  were described in worshipful ways by the left but for Blessed Federico da Berga and his 25 co-martyrs ( and many others so slaughtered) there was not much to admire . The 26 Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War  were beatified on Nov. 21. in the Cathedral of Barcelona.

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