I want to welcome everyone back to part five of my reading of The Last Crusade by Warren Carroll before I get into it.

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We're still in July, a little bit of July left and then we might jump into August here to,

depending on what the time's looking like. Might break it up a little bit and start a new month so all right and here we go

on Friday July 4 three

discuss said Carmelite sisters the order founded by St. Teresa of Avalon were recognized by militia in a Madrid street near the apartment where they had been hiding.

Nuns, shoot them, one of the militia men cried.

They opened fire at once on the helpless women, killing one instantly and severely wounding another who fell to the

pavement in agony crying, My God, my God.

Several assault guards appeared, stopped the shooting, and directed that the wounded nun be taken to a hospital,

hailing a passing bus for that purpose.

Told that the victim was a nun, the bus driver cried,

Give her here and I'll finish her off. Another bus was hailed and this one took her to the hospital where she died saying with with Christ, my God forgive them for they know not what they do.

The third gun escaped for the moment, wandered

distracted through the streets, and was eventually accosted by a man who consented to one to help her.

But turned her over to another group of militia who shot her also before the day was done.

On the next day, the 25th, the great feast of Santiago, Father Dionysio Pumplona,

and 24 others taken from prison were shot on the Plaza

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