The quote you responded to said "closer in time", not "modern day". Francisco Franco (Spanish fascist nationalist) controlled the country until the late 1970s.

The quote you responded to said "closer in time", not "modern day". Francisco Franco (Spanish fascist nationalist) controlled the country until the late 1970s. The toxic effect on non-Catholics in recent Spainish history was Franco[1], rather than the religion, but it's sometimes hard to make the distinction when non-believers are killed and repressed and the church is silent[2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francoist_Spain#Catholicism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francoist_Spain#Catholicism [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irreligion_in_Spain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irreligion_in_Spain