 The Church especially endorsed foreign policies such as support for the anti-Communist side in the Spanish Civil War, and support for the conquest of Ethiopia.Friction continued over the Catholic Action youth network, which Mussolini wanted to merge into his Fascist youth group.In 1931, Pope Pius XI issued the encyclical "Non abbiamo bisogno" ("We Have No Need") that denounced the regime's persecution of the church in Italy and condemned "pagan worship of the State."