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Pope stands with Nicaragua’s bishops in demanding democracy

July 03, 2018

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CWN Editor's Note: Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes of Managua met with Pope Francis on June 30 to discuss the crisis in Nicaragua, in which Daniel Ortega’s repressive leftist regime has violently suppressed protests.

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Monday of the Thirty-First Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Martin de Porres, Religious

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Today the Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Martin de Porres (1579-1639), who lived a life of fasting, prayer and penance as a Dominican lay brother. He was born in Peru of a Spanish knight and a Negro woman from Panama. Martin inherited the features and dark complexion of his mother, and for…

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