The new Roman Catholic archbishop of San Juan has criticized the U.S. Navy’s bombing of a Puerto Rican island. Roberto González Nieves, who this month replaced Cardinal Luis Aponte Martínez as head of the church’s operations in the Puerto Rican capital, said he supported protesters who are trying to end 58 years of military exercises on the island of Vieques. González Nieves said, “After so many years of military exercises, it seems to me it’s time already to give the people of Vieques a new chapter of peace and tranquility.” Church leaders and politicians are calling for an end to military exercises on the island following the April 19 death of a civilian security guard when a bomb fell off target. Since then, protesters have camped out in the military training ground to demand the Navy relinquish its control of 70% of the 4-by-20-mile island. The Navy says it intends to give up 830 acres of unused land but has not said when.