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Brazil’s ‘people’s bishop’ led the fight for peace and justice

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RNS Cardinal Paulo Evaristo Arns in 1982. He was one of Brazil’s chief human rights crusaders. PICTURE: Marcel Antonisse via Creative Commons Brazilian Cardinal Paulo Evaristo Arns, one of the most important figures in modern Brazil, died last Wednesday in São Paulo. He was 95. Known as Dom Paulo, he was appointed bishop in 1966 […]