Editing Miguel Delibes (section)

=== Politics ===

Although Delibes fought with the Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War, he was appalled by the level of repression, turned against [[Francisco Franco|Franco]], and worked to restore democracy to Spain.{{sfn|Reichardt|2010|p=86}} In 1963, he was forced to resign from his position as director of the newspaper ''El Norte de Castilla'' for refusing to follow official instructions limiting the freedom of the press.{{sfn|Reichardt|2010|p=87}} In Delibes's view, the [[Protestant Reformation|Reformation]] had enriched the Catholic faith.{{sfn|Reichardt|2010|p=92}} He held the opinion that the Spanish Civil War could've been avoided if the Church had a reformist pope like [[John XXIII]] who reconciled with modernity at the time.{{sfn|Reichardt|2010|p=91}} He has been described as a [[liberalism|liberal]] Catholic, who sought to find a middle ground in between liberation theology and the authoritarian Catholicism of Franco.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fotheringham |first1=Alasdair |title=Miguel Delibes: Spanish writer who found a way past Franco's censors with his stark novels of rural and provincial life |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/miguel-delibes-spanish-writer-who-found-a-way-past-francos-censors-with-his-stark-novels-of-rural-1933731.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220514/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/miguel-delibes-spanish-writer-who-found-a-way-past-francos-censors-with-his-stark-novels-of-rural-1933731.html |archive-date=2022-05-14 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=15 August 2018 |work=Independent |date=2 April 2010}}</ref>{{sfn|Reichardt|2010|p=86}}