Creepy Nicaraguan Communist Priest Has A New Book Of Creepy Poetry To Be Read At Xavier University

Diocesan Father Ernesto Cardenal, one of the greatest living poets from Latin America, is a priest from Nicaragua. He was an active member of the Sandinista movement. As minister of culture he was also one of three priests to hold a position in the Sandinista government. The Academic Service Learning Semesters and Voices of Solidarity will be hosting a bilingual poetry reading to introduce Fr. Cardenal's latest book: The Origin of Species and Other Poems. The event will take place in the afternoon on April 16th at Xavier University.

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Hat Tip to Tancred (here) 

Watch a German Newscast of Pope John Paul II laying into Fr. Cardenal on the tarmac (here)

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