An excerpt from a letter written by a Catholic group in the US denouncing the Spanish Republic’s anti-religious beliefs, 1937.

This letter, originally published on October 4, 1937, in The New York Times was reprinted in the pamphlet Catholic Mind on November 22, 1937. While most democratic counties supported the Spanish Republican government for its anti-fascist stance, the Republicans’ alignment with communist and anarchist ideas concerned political conservatives in the United States, underscoring ideological differences of the time.

Citation Information
Talbot, Francis X., excerpt from “Catholics reply to open letter of 150 Protestant signatories on Spain,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/c60ab9616f436dbd154a7b0d76a3b292.
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Courtesy of Boston College Libraries via Boston Library Consortium and Internet Archive.

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