Abstract
T HE Spanish Civil War confronted America's Catholics with a terrible dilemma: they wanted to support Francisco Franco because he protected the Church and had prevented a persecution of it. Yet the same Franco had committed atrocities against the Republicans, had persecuted the Basques, and had established a totalitarian regime which suppressed personal liberties and ruthlessly smothered opposition. To side with the Republicans evidently meant to join the ranks of the Infidel, while supporting Franco meant to compromise one's stand in favor of democracy and freedom. The dilemma was indeed a difficult one.
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