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Monday 11 SepteMber 2017

Pope arrival in Cartagena off to bumpy start with black eye

in Colombia,” said Ricardo the dignity of all our broth-
Morales, a lawyer who lined ers and sisters, particularly
up outside St. Peter Claver’s the poor and the excluded
church for a glimpse of the of society, those who are
pope. abandoned, immigrants
“He made a great effort to and those who suffer vio-
be here and from now on lence and human traffick-
it’s our obligation to make ing.”
a similar effort to thank “Here in Colombia and in
him for everything he has the world, millions of people
done.” are still being sold as slaves;
Once recovered, Francis they either beg for some
visited the St. Peter Claver expressions of humanity,
church, where he praised moments of tenderness, or
the 17th century missionary they flee by sea or land be-
for having recognized the cause they have lost every-
inherent dignity of slaves. thing, primarily their dignity
Francis, known for his own and their rights,” he said.
simple and austere style, Like Claver, history’s first
said Claver was “austere Latin American pope has
and charitable to the point insisted on ministering to
of heroism.” society’s most marginal. He
Claver, the self-described takes special care of the
Pope Francis greets the faithful with a bruise on his face after he knocked his head on the “slave of the slaves forev- homeless who live around
popemobile, in Cartagena, Colombia, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017. Vatican spokesman Greg Burke er,” has been revered by the Vatican, makes regu-
said that “The pope is fine” but has “a bruise on his cheekbone and eyebrow. Jesuits, popes and human lar phone calls to prisoners,
(Alberto Pizzoli/Pool via AP) rights campaigners for cen- brought a dozen Syrian ref-
By NICOLE WINFIELD be sold during Spanish co- eye and a cut on his eye- turies for having insisted on ugees home with him from
Associated Press lonial times. brow that dripped blood treating slaves as children a Greek refugee camp,
CARTAGENA, Colom- Francis’ visit to Cartagena onto his white cassock. of God and worthy of love and embraces the sick, the
bia (AP) — Pope Francis got off to a rocky start, The cut was quickly ban- when others considered maimed and the deformed
wrapped up his Colombia however, when he banged daged with a butterfly them mere merchandise to every chance he gets.
trip with a deeply personal his head on his popemo- patch and Francis carried be bought and sold. He has also strongly de-
final day Sunday honoring bile when it stopped short on without incident with In a prayer Sunday in front nounced current-day slave
St. Peter Claver, a fellow amid swarms of well-wish- his program. Devotees re- of Claver’s church, Fran- trade, calling human traf-
Jesuit who ministered to ers. Francis, who only had acted to the wound with cis said the legacy of the ficking a crime against hu-
hundreds of thousands of a hip-high bar to hold onto, a mix of amazement and Spanish priest should serve manity and leading other
African slaves who arrived lost his balance and suf- concern. as a model for the Catholic faith leaders to take a unit-
in the port of Cartagena to fered a bruised, black left “This holy blood is staying Church today to “promote ed stand against it.q

Brazil businessman turns himself into police in graft probe

By SARAH DiLORENZO Temer. Operation Car Wash, con- Janot also has said he plans from those who thought
Associated Press Earlier this year, Temer was tinues to churn out new to file more charges against they were too lenient.
SAO PAULO (AP) — The for- charged with corruption for allegations on almost a Temer. To do so, he’ll need Janot said last week that
mer chairman of the world’s allegedly orchestrating a daily basis. Just this week to act in the coming days he is investigating whether
largest meatpacker, whose scheme in which he would the country’s chief pros- since his terms ends on Batista and other coop-
testimony implicated Bra- get payouts totaling mil- ecutor, Rodrigo Janot, filed Sept. 18. erating witnesses omitted
zil’s president in corruption, lions of dollars for helping charges against three for- But the specter that Batista some information from
turned himself in to police JBS resolve a business issue. mer presidents and several and others withheld infor- their testimony and he has
Sunday after the country’s Temer denies wrongdo- other powerful politicians, mation could cast a pall threatened to revoke the
Supreme Court ordered his ing, and Congress voted in accusing them of forming over the Car Wash inves- deals if they didn’t tell the
arrest. August that he would not criminal organizations to tigation, which has relied whole truth. The revelation
Joesley Batista has avoided stand trial on the charge pilfer from public coffers, heavily on plea bargain came after Janot’s office
prosecution under a plea while in office. and authorities detained deals, a fairly new innova- received audio of a con-
bargain deal in which he But Brazil’s sprawling probe a former Cabinet minister tion here. Many in Brazil versation between Batista
described how meatpack- into the massive trade in and close ally of Temer af- are uneasy with the agree- and Ricardo Saud, an ex-
ing giant JBS had bribed bribes and kickbacks for fa- ter $16 million in cash was ments, in general, and the ecutive at J&F Investimen-
dozens of politicians, in- vors between companies found in an apartment deals JBS executives got tos, the holding company
cluding President Michel and politicians, known as linked to him. provoked specific outrage that controls JBS.q