10. Francis knows all too well what happened in the 1970s-1990s. And is making some effort to come to terms with it.
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11. As Francis tries to grapple with what happened in Latin America, someone should ask D'Souza, Novak & others if they have any remorse.
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12. Of course I'm not dim. I know D'Souza & Novak have no remorse and no conscience. But I want this on the record.
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@matthewschmitz, editor of the fine magazine First Things, has quired my claim that Michael Novak was an apologist for Salvadoran gov't1 reply 3 retweets 1 like -
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14. I'll cite one example. In 1981, three American nuns, of the Maryknoll order, were shot in the head by Salvadoran death squad.
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15. Reagan administration went into overdrive to denigrate nuns and suggest that they deserved their fate.
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16. Jeanne Kirkpatrick: murdered women "were not just nuns, they were political activists."
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17. Novak joined in pile-on. Said nuns were promoting "Christian Marxism."
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18. Now, I'm not a Catholic, but when someone shoots nuns in the head, my inclination is to condemn killers, not the nuns.
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19. Novak of course had pre-existing argument with liberation theology. But after nuns shot in head, time to put that aside.
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20. Here's my source for this: http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19810504&id=fngfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Dl0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4472,2217262 …
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@HeerJeet Also this: http://www.nytimes.com/1981/05/03/us/foes-and-supporters-of-reagan-policies-plan-rallies.html …1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes - Show replies
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