In 1936, at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, Pope Pius XI condemned the Republicans ’ ‘ truly satanic hatred of God ’ ​ — even though there were Catholic priests on the Republican side. Similarly, Cardinal Gomá, the primate of Spain during the civil war, claimed that ‘ pacification was impossible without armed struggle. ’
वर्ष १९३६ में, स्पेनिश गृहयुद्ध के छिड़ने पर, पोप पायस XI ने रिपब्लिकन की ‘ परमेश्‍वर के प्रति वस्तुतः शैतानी घृणा ’ की निन्दा की — जबकि रिपब्लिकन पक्ष में कैथोलिक पादरी थे ।