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ICE puts ankle monitor, restrictions on Catholic deacon beloved by Nebraska clergy and Guatemalans

Sounds of an indigenous Mayan language, along with Spanish prayer, guitar strumming and ceremonial incense, filled the South Omaha church previously a home base to European newcomers. The current congregation, many wearing traditional huipil garb, was celebrating its rare spiritual leader, believed to be the country’s only permanent Catholic deacon who hails from the Q’anjob’al-speaking highlands of Guatemala. More…




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