Defying her core supporters in the liberal community and the Catholic Church, she endorsed Ramos, an architect of martial law and a Protestant, as the candidate best equipped to restore stability and promote economic recovery.

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"It is time to find again the courage of nonconformism, the capacity to oppose many of the trends of the surrounding culture, renouncing a certain euphoric postconciliar solidarity, " the cardinal declared in 1984 interview that put the liberal wing of the Catholic Church on notice.

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"It is time to find again the courage of nonconformism, the capacity to oppose many of the trends of the surrounding culture, renouncing a certain euphoric postconciliar solidarity, " the cardinal declared in a 1984 interview that put the liberal wing of the Catholic Church on notice.

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