Attacks on the Catholic Church in Barcelona
Catalonia's defeat in the Spanish Civil War was a major set back for the journey of independence. Shortly after, the Catholic Church in Barcelona had been subjected to attacks, further increasing the ongoing political and nationalistic tensions in Catalonia (Dowling 31). Spain was a contributor to the tension, but Catalonia was also a threat to itself. The Catalan people allowed differences to divide them and for violence to be condoned while forgetting to free themselves from the oppression of Spain. Inner conflicts were a factor as to why Catalonia didn’t have independence, as well as the continuing losses against Spain. Despite many setbacks, Catalonia continued towards the path of independence and refused to give in to being oppressed.
Text source:
“1 Catalanism and the Spanish State, 1898–1939.” Catalonia since the Spanish
Civil War Reconstructing the Nation, by Andrew Dowling, Sussex Academic
Press, 2014, p. 31.
Image source:
Laskey, ByMark. “No Gods, No Masters: Blasphemy, Desecration and Anticlerical
Violence During the Spanish Civil War.” CVLT Nation, 29 Aug. 2018,