Blood-soaked Barcelona: Priests and Nuns Slaughtered in Church

July 31, 1909, will be etched in the memories of Barcelona residents forever as the day the city descended into chaos. A mob had taken to the streets, fueled by a revolutionary fervor that would put the infamous Paris Commune to shame. The streets ran red with blood as the crowd turned on the Catholic Church, targeting priests and nuns who had once been revered as pillars of the community.