Die Verbindung von Papst Leo XIV. zu den Märtyrern des Spanischen Bürgerkriegs, Valle de los Caídos

As prior of the Augustinians (below, in a white shirt), in 2003 Leo XIV visited the Valley of the Fallen with a group of young people. / Credit: Courtesy of Israel @profedeprimari on X Madrid, Spain, May 20, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). 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 fragments of St. Augustine and…