Fernando Cardenal

Fernando Cardenal Martínez (26 January 1934 – 20 February 2016) was a Nicaraguan Jesuit and liberation theologian. He served as Minister of Education from 1984 to 1990, during the Sandinista era. His brother, poet Ernesto Cardenal, also a Catholic priest, served as Minister of Culture from 1979 to 1987. He was born in Granada, Nicaragua.

Cardenal died in Managua from heart failure on 20 February 2016. He was aged 82.Priest who defied pope, Fernando Cardenal, dies at 82 

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Other websites

 Fernando Cardenal as a Jesuit Priest 
 Interview with Fernando Cardenal from Georgetown University

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