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Pope prays for Cuban migrants, peace in Mindanao
… added, "are victims of human trafficking." Thousands of Cubans are stuck in Costa Rica after Nicaragua began preventing them from crossing its border in mid-November. Costa Rica also …
1980-2015: Memory of El Salvador's church martyrs lives on
… Donovan, 27, a lay missionary who was engaged to be married, also from Cleveland. El Salvador, Nicaragua and Central America in general in 1980 were on the frontlines of American foreign …
Some Hondurans seek church help to fight government changes to land
… In the midst of this delicate ecosystem in the Gulf of Fonseca, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua have fought for centuries over pockets of land and tiny, barely inhabited islands set …
Rhonda Miska
… and ministers at Dominican University in Chicago. After two years as a Jesuit Volunteer in Nicaragua, she earned a graduate degree in pastoral ministry. Her ministries have included …
We have a moral obligation to take in Syrian refugees
… some of these dictatorships in Central America such as that of Anastasio Somoza García in Nicaragua. Of Somoza, Roosevelt said: “He may be a son of a bitch, but he’s our son of a bitch.” …
Another side to Chicago's Cardinal Francis George on LGBT issues
… Francis in his place after he waxed very-informed-Roman about the evil of the Sandinistas in Nicaragua. During the same evening, Francis argued that seminaries should be purged of gay men. …
Blessed Romero 'another brilliant star' belonging to church of Americas
… Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga of Tegucigalpa, Honduras; Leopoldo Brenes of Managua, Nicaragua; Jaime Ortega of Havana; Jose Maestrojuan of David, Panama; Roger Mahony of Los …
Nicaraguan priest, Jesuit Fr. Fernando Cardenal, still served youth, the poor
… are posting this profile which first appeared in the April 24-May 7, 2015 issue. … MANAGUA, NICARAGUA -- … Jesuit Fr. Fernando Cardenal, 81, carries a cane. But the cane does not appear to … in Medellín, Colombia. Later, Ernesto served as minister of culture in the early days of Nicaragua's Sandinista revolution, and Fernando as minister of education. "I never spoke with one …
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 …