Ernesto Cardenal, the renowned poet and Roman Catholic cleric who became a symbol of revolutionary verse in Nicaragua and around Latin America, and whose suspension from the priesthood by St. John Paul II lasted over three decades, died.
Church hierarchy is suspected of covering up Bernard Preynat's actions for decades, while a French cardinal was convicted last year of failing to report him to police or prosecutors. Repercussions of the case reached all the way to the Vatican.
People on social media, both in France and abroad, have expressed frustration that other disasters - from the Syrian and Iraq refugee crisis to the Grenfell Tower fire in London - have not received anything like the same degree of support.
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