@TrveApvlian They participated against the Jacobins during the French Revolution and they weren't freemasons, only Vittorio Emanuele, son of Umberto II, was member of the Lodge P2 and he wasn't even the legitimate heir
During the Spanish Civil War, Communists dug up the bodies of nuns and put them on public display for mockery, chopped off the hands of priests and murdered thousands of nuns, priests and monks. They also burned down hundreds of churches.
Pope Pius XII congratulated Franco in a telegram (April 1939) for winning the Spanish Civil War:
“Lifting up our heart to the Lord we give sincere thanks with Your Excellency for Spain's desired Catholic victory."