80 Years Ago: What Would the Amoris-Laetitia Pope Do With Him?

Monsignor Salvador Montes de Oca (1895-1944) was appointed Bishop of Valencia, Venezuela, in June 1927. He was 31 years old and had been ordained a priest just five years earlier.
As a bishop he was known for upholding Catholic doctrine, which should not surprise anybody since he was a Catholic bishop.
In 1929, his defence of marriage and his opposition to divorce led to his expulsion from Venezuela for "inciting rebellion". Today, under Francis, he would face a similar fate.
Monsignor Montes was forced to live in Port of Spain in Trinidad and Tobago from the end of 1929 to the end of 1931. Public opposition to his exile put great pressure on the Venezuelan government, which allowed him to return in 1931.
Three years later, in March 1934, Monsignor Montes travelled to Rome for the ad limina visit, where he contracted peritonitis after an acute bout of appendicitis.
These health complications motivated his desire to resign from his see, because he wanted to enter religious life. He joined …More