Pope Leo XIV carries on his pectoral cross, among others, a relic of an Augustinian martyr bishop, Anselmo Polanco, who was executed during the 1936–1939 Spanish Civil War. In addition to bearing bone ...

The Spanish Civil War tore a nation apart between 1936 and 1939, becoming a brutal prelude to World War II. This video explores the deep political and social divisions that sparked the conflict, the ...

Spain’s descent into civil war was not inevitable — but once it began, it became one of the most brutal and consequential conflicts of the 20th century. This video traces the collapse of Spain’s ...

For the anarchists, the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War signifed the long-awaited realization of a worldwide revolution. In this regard, the Russian-Lithuanian-American-English anarchist and ...

On Aug. 4, 1936, the last seminarians at the Irish College in Salamanca, Spain, were put on a British Navy destroyer from the Irish College’s summer coastal retreat in Pendueles in Asturias, northern ...

Artist Luis Quintanilla sketches a model for his mural at the University of Missouri-Kanas City. The artwork, "Don Quixote in the Modern World," was completed in 1940. Artist Luis Quintanilla fled the ...

In 1936, civil war erupted in Spain between the elected Republican government and an insurrection calling themselves “Nationalists.” The Republicans were supported by the Soviet Union and Mexico while ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A famous artist, whose work was mostly destroyed during the Spanish Civil War, left behind only a handful of surviving pieces, one of which is hidden in plain sight at the ...

On Jan. 1, 1938, Bishop Polanco celebrated his last Mass at the Teruel seminary and was arrested eight days later, remaining a prisoner of the Republican forces for 13 months. As prior of the ...