Spanish Cardinal: ‘Marxist Communism … Has Been Reborn’ in the Country

Crux ^ | 1/17/20 | CNS

[marshmallow]

VALENCIA, Spain - A Spanish cardinal warned Catholics that their country is on the verge of a communist revival.

Cardinal Antonio Canizares Llovera of Valencia said the election of the coalition government in November had created a situation “more critical” than had been initially thought or believed.

“Marxist communism, which seemed destroyed with the fall of the Berlin Wall, has been reborn and is certain to govern Spain,” said Canizares, vice president of the Spanish bishops’ conference.

“The sense of democracy is substituted for the imposition of a single way of thinking and by authoritarianism and absolutism incompatible with democracy,” he said.

In a letter posted Jan. 11 on the diocesan website, the cardinal said it almost felt like Spain was copying the faults of socialist governments of Latin America, such as Venezuela.

“With much pain, I have to tell you and warn you that I have perceived an attempt to make Spain stop being Spain,” he said.

The cardinal said the spirit of transition to democracy following the Spanish Civil War of 1936-39 and the subsequent rule of Gen. Francisco Franco had been “emptied and forgotten,” only to be replaced by ideologies that “always divide and never unite.”

In an apparent reference to the civil war, he recalled the memory of hatred, intransigence and of “faces stressed and rejected,” and he predicted that a divided Spain risked returning to old confrontations.

[aquila48]

Paging Generalissimo Franco...

[livius]

Absolutely right. The problem is that neither the Spanish bishops in general nor Cañizares in particular objected until it was way too late. Cañizares was considered orthodox until Bergoglio got in, after which he was called to Rome and became a Frankie Catholic...but then got kicked back to Spain anyway.

However, better late than never. Some people, even the dimmest and/or the most careerist, are beginning to realize what’s at stake here.

[tcrlaf]

Yeah, the last time communism came to Spain, it only killed around 10% of the population, and left it in ruinous poverty for 30 years.

[socalgop]

Are you saying Franco’s rule was communism?

[nuconvert]

“Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party, took office Jan. 8 after entering into a coalition with United We Can (Unidas Podemos), an extreme left minority party led by Pablo Iglesias. Sanchez declined the traditional inauguration oath on a Bible and crucifix.”

Say hello to the new Venezuela

[FreedomPoster]

And murdered priests and nuns whenever possible.

[GBA]

“Marxist communism, which seemed destroyed with the fall of the Berlin Wall, has been reborn and is certain to govern Spain,”

I read that and my mind thinks of this:

Revelation 13:3 - One of the heads of the beast appeared to be mortally wounded. But the mortal wound was healed, and the whole world marveled and followed the beast

Marx madness?

[jmacusa]

Franco was a fascist.