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Laura Greenhalgh

Laura Greenhalgh is a journalist in São Paulo, Brazil

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Cardinal Arns of Brazil on Pope John Paul II, the Vatican and the poor

The retired archbishop of São Paulo reveals to Laura Greenhalgh the Polish pope’s unexpected sympathy for “liberation theology” and frustrations with his Vatican advisers.