compassion of the Catholic Church in Spain. In a break from his past service in the Spanish Republican Army and it's Servicio de Información Militar (S.I.M.) secret police force, Scottish Communist Hamish Fraser converted to Catholicism following the Second World War and expressed support for the reintegration of Spain under Franco into the international community. In later years, Fraser compared both the Red Terror and the Stalinist witch hunts among the Spanish people and within the Spanish Republican Armed Forces, in which he had been a perpetrator, with what happened throughout Eastern Europe after it was assigned to Joseph Stalin at the Yalta Conference. In 2007, the Vatican beatified 498 priests killed by the Spanish Republican Army during the civil war. Relatives of Catholics who were killed by the Nationalists have requested similar recognition, criticizing the unequal treatment. See also Spanish Civil War White Terror (Spain) Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War 233 Spanish Martyrs 498 Spanish Martyrs Paracuellos massacre Republican repression in Madrid (1936-1939) Political terror Calles Law - Similar anti-Catholic persecutions in Mexico References Notes Bibliography . (cit Franzen 1988) (cit Franzen II 1991) (Papal history) . . (Papal history) . Anti-Catholicism Anti-Christian sentiment in Europe Communist repression Political repression in Spain Politicides Political and cultural purges Politics of Spain Persecution of Catholics Spanish Civil War Terrorism in Spain War crimes of the Spanish Civil War Soviet Union–Spain relations Communist terrorism Human rights abuses in Spain Red Terror (Spain)