Cardinal’s role in effort to ‘resignify’ Franco era monument sparks controversy

The government has chosen the worst possible solution for the Valley of the Fallen, or, if that makes them happier, Cuelgamuros. There is no way to understand why the government of Pedro Sánchez has submitted, on its knees, to the dictates of the Church. Resignation, they say? Ridiculous word to hide a capital shame, enormous. The government has chosen the worst possible solutions for the Valley of the Fallen, or, if that makes them happier, Cue…

Cardinal’s role in effort to ‘resignify’ Franco era monument sparks controversy

Cardinal José Cobo is defending his role as an interlocutor between the Vatican and the Spanish government in the process of resignifying the Valley of the Fallen.

Cardinal’s role in effort to ‘resignify’ Franco era war monument sparks controversy

A monumental cross towers above the Valley of the Fallen complex. / Credit: Wikimedia Commons Madrid, Spain, Mar 30, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). In a statement published by the Archdiocese of Madrid, Cardinal José Cobo defended his role as an interl... [...]

In the coming days, the government will launch an international competition of ideas for a multidisciplinary team of architects, artists, landscapers and historians to design the new Valley of Cuelgamuros, the former mausoleum of Franco. The project has a budget of 30.5 million euros. It is about converting the monument, erected by the dictator as a kind of pyramid to remember eternally his victory in the Civil War, into a kind of model of Franc…

Re-signification of Colgamuros Campaign against the Church The most noted Councils not to pay After the controversy arising from the re-signification of the Valley of the Fallen thousands of users on social networks make an appeal not to mark the square in the declaration of the Income that contributes to the support of the Catholic Church. Users justify that the Spanish Episcopal Conference has not defended the basilica from "the attacks of the…

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