Leftist Rebels Seize Church in Colombia
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Associated Press
BOGOTA, Colombia — Armed leftist rebels invaded a Roman Catholic church Monday in Medellin, a city that Pope John Paul II will visit, and harangued the congregation from the pulpit on the plight of Colombia’s poor.
The Pope is scheduled to arrive today for a seven-day visit to this South American nation.
It was the fourth time in the last three weeks that members of the National Liberation Army, a pro-Cuban group, have taken over a church or seminary building briefly to deliver such messages to people in cities that the Pope will visit.
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