Nicaraguan priest becomes president of UN General Assembly


	Nicaraguan priest becomes president of UN General Assembly

jimbo1000

6-12-2008 4:48 AM

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nicaragua, sandinista, pope, religion

jimbo1000 says:

I remember the Pope wagging his finger at D'Escoto, a Catholic priest, when visiting Nicaragua in 1985 in admonition at his joining the Sandinista government. It shocked and saddened me at the time as D'Escoto was expecting a blessing.

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