Key Forces of Conservatism - ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

Question 1

Who was the church aligned with?

Answer 1

Always aligned w monarchy
Aligned w PDR

Question 2

Who was the Church alarmed by?

Answer 2

2nd Republic

Question 3

What power did the Church have?

Answer 3

Owned 1/3 of Spain’s wealth
+ also large stakes in key industries e.g. banking, railways

Question 4

Who was head of the Church?
+ what did he ask people to do
+ what happened to him?

Answer 4

Cardinal Segura

May 1931 called for Catholics to vote against political groups that supported anticlericalism

He was expelled from Spain by the new gov

Question 5

What did Republican activists do?

Answer 5

anticlerical Republican activists set fire to various churches and religious buildings in some of Spain’s larger towns + cities e.g. Madrid

Question 6

What religious movement was banned from Spain?
+ when

Answer 6

ultra-Catholic Jesuit movement banned from Spain by Repub gov in Jan 1932