Fr Ernesto Cardinal was one of 4 Nicaraguan priests whose faculties were suspended by Pope JPII for serving in the Sandinista government. Cardenal, a poet, served as Minister of Culture. He later broke with the Sandinistas. elpais.com/internacional/ via
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A one-time Trappist novice under Merton, he is known for “The Gospel of Solentiname.” And for when the Pope shook a finger at him in Managua. His brother Fernando and Miguel D’Escoto also saw their faculties restored before they died.
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I appreciate this memorial about my father by @ggrenwald above any I have read today--for his comprehensive review of his bio & history, for his attention to themes generally overlooked about his post-Vietnam life, but particularly for deep appreciation of his human qualities.🙏
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Here's my @RollingStone article on Daniel Ellsberg, the heroic Pentagon Papers leaker who died today at 92:
"We’re Told Never to Meet Our Childhood Heroes. Knowing Daniel Ellsberg Proved That Wrong"
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