MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Renowned Nicaraguan poet and priest Ernesto Cardenal was released from a hospital Wednesday two weeks after he entered for treatment for an infection that provoked other ailments. Luz Marina Acosta, assistant to the 94-year-old Cardenal, told The Associated Press that he is at home and off antibiotics and oxygen. Acosta also revealed that Cardenal sent a letter to Pope Francis thanking him for lifting his 35-year suspension from the priesthood. In the letter, begun “My dear Pope Francis,” Cardenal said that he had just celebrated Mass — for the first time since the 1983 suspension — together with the Vatican’s ambassador to Nicaragua. “I would also like to thank you for your blessing, which I receive with love,” Cardenal said in his missive.

Source: National Post February 20, 2019 20:48 UTC