Posted on 12/07/2010 11:29:54 AM PST by 0beron
(El Escorial, Spain) Spanish Catholics continue to celebrate Mass in the lot adjacent to the Valle de los Caídos as protest against the closing of the Basilica. According to sources in the Civil Guard, 1,500 cars passed through the vicinity despite the snow that filled the parking lot and sub-zero temperatures during the open-air Mass. The following pictures show the Mass on December 5th, 2010:
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I must say, that looks like just about the perfect place to hold mass, snow or spring.
What a great story! The pictures are “cool” at the link.
We have been fed the lie that the war was over fascism and democracy. It was not.
These men knew what they were fighting for.
Absolutely; then during the Cold War the US went to Franco with their hat in hand to ask for bases. Franco gave an interesting speech at the time, lamenting that only so late did the Western democracies understand what Spain was up against.
Pictures of the resistance: http://infocatolica.com/blog/elolivo.php/1012160741-lo-que-no-debemos-ver-mas-en
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