Religions 2013, 4(1), 96-115; doi:10.3390/rel4010096
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An Analysis of Foreign Diplomatic Aid to the Catholic Clergy during the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939)

Antonio Manuel Moral Roncalemail
Departament of History II, University of Alcalá, Calle Colegios, 2, 28801 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
Received: 30 October 2012; in revised form: 17 January 2013 / Accepted: 21 January 2013 / Published: 5 February 2013
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Work on Catholicism)
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Abstract: During the European crisis of the thirties of the twentieth century, the most significant persecution of the Catholic Church in the history of Spain was generated. With the ultimate goal of saving lives, the Foreign Diplomatic Corps provided many humanitarian services, the most important of those the massive granting of diplomatic and consular asylum to more than 11,000 people, including Catholics and clergy. This article analyzes the genesis and realization of this fact and its consequences, which were supposed to maintain and facilitate a clandestine Catholic cult in the Spain of Popular Front.
Keywords: Spain-Civil; War-Religious persecution; Foreign Diplomatic Aid; pastoral work

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Moral Roncal, A.M. An Analysis of Foreign Diplomatic Aid to the Catholic Clergy during the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939). Religions 2013, 4, 96-115.

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Moral Roncal AM. An Analysis of Foreign Diplomatic Aid to the Catholic Clergy during the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939). Religions. 2013; 4(1):96-115.

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Moral Roncal, Antonio M. 2013. "An Analysis of Foreign Diplomatic Aid to the Catholic Clergy during the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939)." Religions 4, no. 1: 96-115.

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