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Franco's hand was felt by another leading figure in Spanish Catholicism, who stood at the opposite end of the political spectrum from Cardinal Segura. He was Basque-born Father Jesús Iribarren, 42, editor of Ecclesia, official weekly of the Catholic Action group, and long regarded as a strong voice of freedom in Spain. Editor Iribarren roused the Caudillo's ire by publishing an article outspokenly critical of Spain's press censorship (TIME, May 31). Franco's press boss ordered Father Iribarren to quit, and his Minister of Information urged Iribarren's superior...
...week's end, Ecclesia published a letter of resignation from Father Iribarren. Dated September 23rd, it remained unpublished until U.S. correspondents began filing reports of the Iribarren ouster...
Among the 1,400-odd newspapers and magazines of Spain, only one is free of ironhanded censorship by the Franco government. The exception is Ecclesia (circ. 17,000), official weekly organ of the Spanish Catholic Action group. Ecclesia owes its freedom to its powerful chairman, Enrico Cardinal Pla y Deniel, Archbishop of Toledo and Cardinal Primate of Spain, who is able to stand up for his rights as no Spanish journalist can. Last week Ecclesia Editor Jesus Iribarren, 42, a Basque priest who is the cardinal's journalistic right hand, used the weekly's unique freedom to denounce...
...such an atmosphere it was small wonder last week that Ecclesia's free-swinging editorial was read over and over again and passed by word of mouth. Or that not one line about it appeared in any other Spanish paper...
Throughout the history of the College which began Pro Christo et Ecclesia Religion has been a serious question and an unanswered problem...