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The Missions.

06-May-12

Mirny Last weekend I visited the abandoned mission of Tumacacori after attending mass at the flourishing one of San Xavier del Bac.  I also watched the excellent Robert Bolt-written movie The Mission, which takes as its theme the political difficulties of the Jesuits which led to their dissolution by the pope in 1773.  The entire theme […]