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Vatican Beatifies 522 Killed in Spain During 1930s
AP ^ | 10/13/13

Posted on 10/14/2013 5:54:34 AM PDT by marshmallow

Edited on 10/14/2013 6:14:17 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

MADRID (AP) -- The Vatican on Sunday beatified 522 people - mostly priests and nuns - who were killed in the turmoil that led to Spain's civil war.


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1 posted on 10/14/2013 5:54:34 AM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

Killed by? Who killed them, AP?

It was the COMMUNISTS.


2 posted on 10/14/2013 5:56:03 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck (Is John's moustache long enough YET?)
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To: marshmallow

The article does not give details on those being beatified. However, we know from history that the church was on the side of the fascists as the leftist/communists (called republicans and you think we twist meanings in this country) government had outlawed religion.

The Spainish civil war of the 1930’s had a lot in common with the Syrian civil war of today.

1. It’s a proxy war for outside powers to flex their muscles

2. There’s no good guys as far as America is concerned


3 posted on 10/14/2013 6:01:23 AM PDT by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: Paine in the Neck

Heh. I bet the Obama Regime will try to make the point that it was the REPUBLICANS.
(Pun too obvious. Can’t help it.)


4 posted on 10/14/2013 6:02:32 AM PDT by Little Ray (How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
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To: marshmallow

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/522_Spanish_Martyrs


5 posted on 10/14/2013 6:32:14 AM PDT by Arthur McGowan (If you're FOR sticking scissors in a female's neck and sucking out her brains, you are PRO-WOMAN!)
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To: Paine in the Neck

**It was the COMMUNISTS.***

But, they were the good guys! Haven’t you read or seen FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS.

No no, they were the bad guys! Haven’t you seen THE ANGEL WORE RED?

No,No! They were the good guys! Haven’t you seen PAN’S LABYRINTH?

Man, keeping up with the Spanish Civil War on film is tiresome!


6 posted on 10/14/2013 2:45:10 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

There were a lot of executions on both sides, “The Red Terror” and “The White Terror.” Something like 75% of the dead in the Spanish Civil War were executions.


7 posted on 10/14/2013 2:54:23 PM PDT by Bubba Ho-Tep ("More weight!"--Giles Corey)
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To: marshmallow

I always have thought of the Spanish Civil war as akin to the Nazi/Russian Eastern Front in WWII.

Not particularly rooting for either side.


8 posted on 10/14/2013 4:56:05 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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