Word: crisanto
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...Died. Crisanto Cardinal Luque, 70, aggressive, socially conscious Roman Catholic cardinal, first to be named in Colombia, who acidly attacked and helped unseat Colombia's corrupt Dictator Gustavo Rojas Pinilla (1953-57); of a lung hemorrhage; in Bogotá, Colombia...
...Santiago Luis Copello and Antonio Caggiano of Argentina, Crisanto Luque of Colombia, Carlos Maria de la Torre of Ecuador and Jaime de Barros Camara of Brazil...
Church leaders in Colombia showed striking courage during the final year of Dictator Rojas Pinilla. Pastoral letters issued by Crisanto Cardinal Luque last year, one of them condemning Rojas' "Third Force'' political movement, were the first serious whacks at the strongman's prestige. During the brief spate of violence the churches sheltered rebels, and when it was all over jubilant monks streamed out making victory signs to the cheering crowds. Luque has since warned the military junta that replaced Rojas that it must turn over power in free elections or lose church support...
Economic fumbling and pressure on the banks at last turned Colombia's business. men against Rojas; corruption and killing earned him the wrath of the church. Toward the end of last week, ignoring Rojas' attempt to smooth over the rift, Colombia's Primate Crisanto Cardinal Luque issued a pastoral letter with his bitterest attack yet on Rojas. That night, the dictator's military supporters gathered for a worried meeting...
Dictator Gustavo Rojas Pinilla's barefaced drive to re-elect himself President of Colombia piled up enough opposition last week to bring it to a shaky halt. Joined to thwart the strongman's second-term ambitions, the Roman Catholic Church under Crisanto Cardinal Luque, the newly united Liberal and Conservative Parties and the belligerent university students took direct action. Caught by surprise, the President hesitated. Then he moved what he said were 35,000 troops into Bogotá to regain control...