The beatification ceremony for sixteen martyrs of the Spanish Civil War will be held in February at the Granada Cathedral. Father Cayetano Giménez Martín and his 15 companions will be beatified Feb.

Here’s What You Need to Remember: If Britain and France wouldn’t lift a finger to help Spain in 1936, then why should they fight to save Czechoslovakia in 1938? No wonder Hitler expected the Western ...

Gen. Francisco Franco's military coup against the democratically elected Popular Front government in Spain took place 75 years ago this summer. It was the event that marked the beginning of a nearly ...

Spanish women defending the Republic in the Siege of the Alcázar in Toledo, 1936. Wikimedia Commons/Google Cultural Institute By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to ...

On June 18, the Seville Cathedral will host the beatification of 27 Dominican martyrs of the Spanish Civil War. Although the beatification was approved by Pope Francis in December 2019, due to the ...

Before beginning to read off his prepared lecture notes, Vicente Sánchez-Biosca issued an unconventional warning to his audience. “Because this is translated, I may miss certain nuances in the ...

The debate over whether or not to arm Ukraine is alive and well. While President Barack Obama continues to weigh his options, prominent experts have called for $3 billion in lethal aid to the ...

The Fiat CR.32 was more than a nimble biplane - it was the undisputed king of the skies during the Spanish Civil War.

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Nearly 80 years ago, about 2,800 Americans volunteered to fight in the Spanish Civil War. The war began in July 1936, when Gen. Francisco Franco led a fascist military coup against the the country's ...

A Vatican cardinal beatified four martyrs of the Spanish Civil War on Saturday. Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, declared Francesco Cástor Sojo López ...

GOP presidential candidates have overreacted to Vladimir Putin’s move to aid the Syrian establishment. The no-fly zone recommended by many Republican hopefuls risks the possible death of Russian ...