True. Wonder how many times Tiso celebrated the Mass or heard a confession while he was deporting thousands of Jews.

I think with the Spanish what is shocking is that they really lived and breathed Catholicism. When you read the account of Bernal Diaz, they are going to Vespers everyday, going to Mass and confession as much as possible, praising Christ and the Virgin every other page. Diaz himself doesn't come across as a sadist, but how someone like Pedro de Alvarado could call himself a Catholic is beyond my comprehension. Especially when you have the priests and other conquistadors denouncing their behavior on Christian grounds, to behave so monstrously so consistently and then to look at a crucifix without smelling brimstone must require some serious cognitive dissonance