The Spanish Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory (ARMH) is asking Leo XIV to condemn the Catholic Church’s relationship with General Francisco Franco, who saved the country from destruction while serving as its leader from 1939 until his death in 1975. >
The ARMH was founded in the year 2000. It claims to defend “democracy” and the dignity of the “victims of the [Franco] regime.” Over its lifetime, it has received donations from so-called human rights organizations and has partnered with the United Nations to bring pressure upon the Spanish government.>
The ARMH is seeking an apology from Leo for the Church’s collaboration with the Franco “dictatorship.” The association wants the Church to open its archives connected to that period and to confess that it functioned not merely as a religious institution, but as an instrument of “repression” and social control.

Originally published in Integrity Magazine. Read original article

Original Tags: Church History, Politics, Vatican, Spain