Pope celebrates Madagascar's 'living saint', champion of the poor

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Pope Francis on Sunday celebrated a former student of his who is now sometimes c...

ANTANANARIVO - Pope Francis on Sunday celebrated a former student of his who is now sometimes called Madagascar’s “living saint” for having changed the lives of thousands of poor people who once lived in garbage dumps.

Francis taught Father Pedro Opeka theology at the Colegio Máximo de San Miguel in Buenos Aires in 1968 while Francis was completing his own studies for the priesthood. The pope met families living in Akamasoa, one of the first villages built by Opeka on the hills above Madagascar’s capital Antananarivo to re-house people living on the municipal dump in the valley below.

 

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It's great to be a teacher. Especially when you see the wonderful fruits of your hands.

The Catholic Church is just one huge organization of pedophiles. Any parent who allows their children to go to one of these “churches” w/o full time supervision should be arrested and charged with endangering the welfare of a child.

Good for him! Madagascar could use some celebration for hard work.

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