POPE'S VISIT TO NICARAGUA

Pope's visit to Nicaragua

Introduction

Of the first things the Pope when he stepped on Nicaraguan soil was public humiliation to me in the airport in front of all the television cameras. Although not caught by surprise because everyone was ready. It was perhaps one of the strongest images of the era of the Sandinista government: Father Ernesto Cardenal, kneeling on the tarmac in Managua, publicly reprimanded by Pope John Paul II.

Soon after, in a Mass, it would which was probably the most dramatic moment in the Pope's numerous travels around the world? In the midst of the war ...