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The Saint of Lost Causes

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The Saint of Lost Causes

One emotional year outside an historic Mexico City church, where an unorthodox apostle offers salvation to addicts, prostitutes, beggars and thieves.

Alice Driver
Apr 3, 2014
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What am I told? That they are thieves, drug addicts, prostitutes, street kids, the unemployed; moneros, reggaetoneros, malandros and ex-cons. What do I find as I go to worship San Judas Tadeo, the Saint of Lost Causes, on the 28th of each month over the next year?

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