Santo Domingo’s Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez would like to shut down the bars and restaurants that have turned the capital’s Colonial City into a nocturnal hotspot for fun-seekers. The cardinal is particularly displeased with Mankala and Abacus, two bars that lie directly in front of the La Altagracia church. The cardinal says these establishments have turned the colonial zone into a “whorehouse” and denigrate the city as a whole, as reported in the press. He said that he favors closing every business that needs to be closed and sending their owners home ? and if the owners are foreigners, then they can return to their own countries, he said.