“I came here to be who I am, to do the work the way I know how to do, and that’s the way I’ve been doing it.”

— Edgar Moreira da Cunha

Fall River Bishop da Cunha has challenges to face, but don’t expect him to make headlines along the way https://www.heraldnews.com/article/20160325/NEWS/160327607 (March 25, 2016)

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