Adherence Quotes
After taking the fort, Menendez encountered 350 French Huguenots who were shipwrecked on the shore. A few claimed they were lapsed Catholics and “repented” and were allowed to live, but the others, after having surrendered and had their hands tied behind them were hacked to death with knives and swords. Three years later, the French attacked Fort Caroline (near Jacksonville) beat the Spanish and put all the Spanish to the sword in revenge. Menendez reported his activities with great pride. The King of Spain had instructed him that it would be OK to kill and terrorize colonists from other countries competing for Florida. The Queen and the Priests thought it their duty to execute heretics. Menendez did what he was supposed to so civilly and religiously.
The Prime Minister’s wife, a Roman Catholic, like most Roman Catholics in Europe and America practice contraception despite the fact that the Catholic Church still maintains that artificial means of birth control is a sin. Rarely are such personal matters discussed with the media in Great Britain which respects the personal privacy of public figures more so than the United States. However, Mrs. Blair and her husband have been particularly open throughout their public career.
This is an important quotation because it shows that Franco was not only a Fascist but one who supported and approved of Hitler personally and his criminal programs. Most Spaniards have thereafter regretted that the Spanish Dictator could take such a murderous and inhumane position on behalf of the Spanish people. Franco was supported only by some of the very wealthy, part of the military and the Catholic Church leadership. The latter also makes this quotation important, in that it is very doubtful that the Spanish church leaders would support Hitler if the Pope and the Vatican were opposed to Hitler and the Nazis. Yet some Vatican representatives have maintained that the Pope was definitely opposed to Hitler and Nazism, but the evidence for this is not strong. This quotation tends to lend more credence to the Papal critics.
