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 ...

Father Eugenio Laguarda, known as "the resurrected priest" for having survived an attempted execution during the religious persecution in Spain, died this week at the age of 94 in Valencia, where he ...

Pope Leo XIV on Friday declared 174 new martyrs, including 50 French Catholics who died in Nazi concentration camps during World War II and more than 100 Spanish priests killed during the Spanish ...

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 ...

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 ...