Text: Pope calls Gen. Franco Savior of Civilization.
Year: 1 May, 1939.
Publisher: Social Justice.
Artist: NA.
Additional information: Issue reports on Pope Pius XII’s celebration of Francisco Franco, with accompanying article, titled ‘Spain for Spaniards to be Christian state, not a Hitler ‘puppet’’, detailing Franco’s assurances to the Pope that his state will not pursue any ‘unsound racialism’ and celebrates Franco’s fight against the ‘Bolshevists’. Social Justice was published by Canadian-American Priest and political activist Charles Coughlin between 1936 and 1942, when it ceased publication under increasing pressure from the government.
Pope calls Gen. Franco Savior of Civilization (American newspaper cover, 1938)
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