THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT has come under fire after police forcibly dissolved a public gathering of Catholics praying the rosary in Madrid. This occurred following a recent period of national unrest.

On November 27, the Spanish authorities were ordered by the ruling Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) administration to shut down a gathering of Catholics peacefully gathered on the steps of the Inmaculado Corazón de María church on Ferraz street – only a short distance from the ruling party’s headquarters.