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February 7, 2016

Pope Francis to honour legacy of Bishop Ruiz

An image of Bishop Samuel Ruiz Garcia of San Cristobal de Las Casas, Mexico, is seen Jan. 22 painted on a church in Acteal. Long before Pope Francis spoke of a poor Church for the poor and taking the Church to the peripheries, Ruiz built the Church in Mexico’s southern Chiapas state

SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, MEXICO - Long before Pope Francis spoke of a poor Church for the poor and taking the Church to the peripheries, Bishop Samuel Ruiz Garcia of San Cristobal de Las Casas built the Church in southern Chiapas state.

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