Published 2000-12-01
“…Generally speaking, Roman Catholics in the United Kingdom, alarmed at the violence which anticlerical mobs inflicted on religious personnel in parts of Spain and concerned about their denomination's loss of its privileged status, supported the insurgency of General Francisco Franco, leader of the ultimately victorious Nationalist forces. In the
Church of England opinion was divided. In various Nonconformist circles, there was considerable support for Republican Spain. …”
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