They saw their primary role in Spain as fighting communism, and defending Catholicism.

The abbey endeavoured to defend Catholicism and to preserve its political independence.

The Catholic Information Network, an unofficial Catholic Web site that specializes in defending traditional Catholicism, posted his account in 1995 and popularity followed.

Maintaining Catholic Habsburg hegemony in Germany, defending Catholicism against the Protestant Reformation.

Originally serving as a mutual benefit society to low-income immigrant Catholics, it developed into a fraternal service organization dedicated to providing charitable services, promoting Catholic education and actively defending Catholicism in various nations.

There he spent three years teaching in the Studium Generale of the province, lecturing on theology in the university, preaching and defending Catholicism against the innovators.

Cardinal Schönborn "has every reason to defend Catholicism against materialist philosophy, since these are indeed incompatible," Professor Haught continues.

Works defending Catholicism and attacking the Hussite utraquists were also written, one example being Jan Rokycana's works.

For many years he worked to defend Roman Catholicism against the its opponents through preaching and writing.