--Fernando Lugo, current President of Paraguay, former RC bishop, 'laicized';
--Robert Drinan SJ, Massachusetts congressman, RC priest in good standing, withdrew from Congress at request of the pope; and
--Miguel d'Escoto MM, Nicaraguan diplomat, Catholic priest, president of the UN General Assembly 2008-9.
Joseph Catron wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 11:26 PM, Chris Doss <lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
> Touche.
>
> In fairness to your point, though, I think his eventual resignation from the
> priesthood was triggered by Vatican disapproval of his political engagement.
> IIRC, John Paul II specifically prohibited priests from seeking civil office
> as a result of one of them winning some Latin American presidency as a left
> candidate. Unfortunately, Google is not yielding its secrets to me, and I'm
> on my way out the door.
>