Word: barbastro
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1936-1936
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...least five bishops were dead - those of Jaén, Lérida, Segorbia, Sigüenza, Barbastro. The Shepherd of Sigüenza was tarred and burned while the Bishop of Jaén was slaughtered along with his aged mother and his sister, in whose corsets had been found 8,000,000 pesetas in Government bonds (TIME, Aug. 10). In Burgos Rebel headquarters, the Archbishops of that city, of Valencia and of Valladolid held a ceremony of reparation in the Cathedral...
...peaceful little Barbastro, according to two Argentine members of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Claretians) who arrived in Vatican City last week, 40 brothers were killed by Leftists who pointed to their monkish habits, cried: "We kill you for this!" The Claretians replied: "We are happy to die for this! Vivo Cristo El Rey!" At Calaselles 18 Brothers Hospitallers of St. John of God were slaughtered and in Valencia, while the Cathedral burned brightly, 30 secular priests were shot. In Malaga, 50 priests were executed by a machine gun squad. More determinedly irreligious than elsewhere...
| 1 |