Hna. María de Lourdes López Munguía, Misionera Franciscana de María. (Foto: GSR)
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Book offers insight into canon law's role in sexual abuse crisis
… she accused him of rape. Joseph ended up in prison. In 2002, Cardinal Miguel Obando y Bravo of Nicaragua likened the victims of clergy sex abuse to Potiphar's wife: "The reasons that drove …
San Francisco archbishop's account of Oscar Romero's funeral
… such as Peter Bottomley, a member of the British Parliament, the foreign minister of Nicaragua, the cardinal of Mexico representing the pope and bishops from various parts of Europe, …
Archbishop Oscar Romero, El Salvador's most trusted news source
… U.S. Southern Command in Panama, and U.S. embassies in Colombia, Venezuela, Guatemala, Peru, Nicaragua, Panama, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Honduras and Rome. The next day, Romero was assassinated …
Crusaders for justice, human rights
… the Reagan administration's misguided anti-communism efforts in the 1980s. The Contra war in Nicaragua resulted in the death of our friend Carney, known as "Padre Guadalupe." He had spent 20 …
WHO, UNICEF deny Kenyan bishops' claim that they supplied sterility-causing tetanus vaccines
… developing partners. This has previously been used by the same partners in Philippines, Nicaragua and Mexico to vaccinate women against future pregnancy." The representatives in Kenya … in a vial of TT." In their Feb. 13 statement, the Kenyan bishops again referred to Mexico, Nicaragua and the Philippines, where they said "tetanus vaccination campaigns sponsored and …
Vatican event tackles women's equality, inclusion, ordination
… called Basmeh & Zeitooneh that is helping Syrian refugees learn work skills and to Caritas Nicaragua, which is helping women to learn farming skills to help sustain their families and earn …
Overcome global indifference during Lent this year
… a 5-year-old Syrian refugee in Lebanon named Tanious, the struggling Ramirez family in rural Nicaragua. It also offers a number of meatless recipes from around the world. The website …
The Holy Spirit lends a hand to sister parish in Nicaragua
… Peter Daly … We are just back from a visit to our sister parish in Nicaragua, the second poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Our parish has been going there … eight years now and we visit every six months. About 40 people from our parish have been to Nicaragua. In the last eight years, our two sister parishes have together built over 200 new … St. John Vianney, provides money, encouragement and advice. San Juan Bautista in Limay, Nicaragua, provides knowledge of the local community, workers, volunteers, supervision and …
Morning Briefing
… Francis in the Philippines here … . ICYMI: Read this feature from Tom Boswell on his return to Nicaragua … to find the flames of solidarity still alight … Fr. Peter Daly attempts to answer the …
Return to Nicaragua finds the flame of solidarity still alight
… the speaker's platform with the leaders, think about the ones who died. --Fr. Ernesto Cardenal Nicaragua. Land of green mountains, lakes and a necklace of volcanoes. Land of poets. Land of … tradition, but its volunteers come from various Christian faiths. On our first night in Nicaragua, a few of us toured the capital of Managua, a sprawling city of 1.5 million. We were … AK-47s on the streets was a ubiquitous sight. Now, I'd been here a week and not seen a gun. Nicaragua's homicide rate is the lowest in Latin America. Then there's the canal, with its …
Vatican honors murdered missionaries, kidnapped priests, Ebola victims
… in California and Fr. Kenneth Walker in Arizona; and one priest each in Canada, Colombia, Nicaragua and Peru. …