Word: nazario
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...meaning: not only was a vote for Muñoz "inevitably a sin" but Puerto Rican Catholics were bluntly urged to vote for the church-sponsored Christian Action Party rather than for the opposition Independence or Republican Statehood Parties. To this the chancellor of the Ponce diocese, Msgr. Victor Nazario, added a warning. "Any Catholic who preaches or publicly supports the program of the Popular Democratic Party . . . not only commits a mortal sin but also can be excommunicated...
Leaving no doubt as to where Bishop McManus stood, his chancellor at Ponce. Msgr. Victor M. Nazario, added that anyone who supported Muñoz Popular Democratic Party "not only commits a mortal sin but can also be excommunicated." Taking its cue, Puerto Rico's new Catholic Action Party, openly sponsored by Davis and McManus, took full-page daily ads in the newspapers to remind voters that "Catholics cannot vote for the Popular Party." Spot radio commercials proclaimed that "the Masons, the Protestants and the Communists obey Luis Muñoz Marin. Catholics obey their bishops...