What is Fernando Cardenal?
[[File:Fernando Cardenal, jesuita y ministro de Educación durante el primer gobierno sandinista de Nicaragua.jpg|thumb|Fernando Cardenal]] '''Fernando Cardenal Martínez''' (26 January 1934 &ndash; 20 February 2016) was a [[Nicaragua]]n [[Jesuit]] and [[Liberation theology|liberation theologian]]. He served as Minister of Education from 1984 to 1990, during the [[Sandinista National Liberation Front|Sandinista]] era. His brother, poet [[Ernesto Cardenal]], also a Catholic priest, served as Minister of Culture from 1979 to 1987. He was born in [[Granada, Nicaragua|Granada]], Nicaragua. Cardenal died in [[Managua]] from [[heart failure]] on 20 February 2016. He was aged 82.<ref>[http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/feb/20/priest-who-defied-pope-fernando-cardenal-dies-at/ Priest who defied pope, Fernando Cardenal, dies at 82]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} * [http://www.jesuit.org/blog/index.php/tag/jesuit-father-fernando-cardenal/ Fernando Cardenal as a Jesuit Priest] * [http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/interviews/a-discussion-with-father-fernando-cardenal-s-j-national-director-of-fe-y-alegria-managua-nicaragua Interview with Fernando Cardenal from Georgetown University] {{DEFAULTSORT:Cardenal, Fernando}} [[Category:1934 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Christian theologians]] [[Category:Deaths from heart failure]] [[Category:Government ministers]] [[Category:Jesuits]] [[Category:Nicaraguan politicians]] {{bio-stub}}