Posts Tagged ‘Fr Miguel D’Escoto Brockman’

Pope Francis lifts ex-Sandanista minister’s priestly suspension

Friday, August 8th, 2014

Pope Francis has lifted the 29-year suspension of a priest who refused to give up his role in Nicaragua’s former Sandanista government. Maryknoll priest Fr Miguel D’Escoto Brockman, 81, had formally requested permission to resume priestly duties and to celebrate Mass before he died. Nicaraugua’s foreign minister from 1979 to 1990, he is to be Read more