Hna. María de Lourdes López Munguía, Misionera Franciscana de María. (Foto: GSR)
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María de Lourdes López Munguía is a Franciscan Missionary of Mary from Mexico who now lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo. She is a professional psychologist, trained in accompaniment. She received novitiate formation in Managua, Nicaragua, and ministered in Chile, the United States, Tunisia and Congo. She has shared her life with: people recuperating from drug addiction;…
Pope Francis & Notre Dame
… and instead wagged his finger at him, like Pope John Paul II did to Ernesto Cardenal in Nicaragua. The pope declined to greet the other members of the delegation and left the room in a …
Managua cardinal-designate says he wants to stay true to his beginnings
… Ezra Fieser … Catholic News Service … Archbishop Leopoldo Brenes Solorzano of Managua, Nicaragua, joined his mother to listen to the public announcement that Pope Francis was elevating … at the Vatican Feb. 22. The cardinal-designate's mother, Lilliam Solorzano Aguirre, told Nicaragua's El Nuevo Diario newspaper her son "became very nervous, but he was instantly filled …
The New Cardinals
… the Global South. Desperately poor countries like Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, the Philippines, Nicaragua and Haiti received red hats. The U.S.? Not a one. Five of the new cardinals come from …
Cardinals: continuity and change
… S.D.B., of Santiago were no surprise. Archbishop Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano of Managua (Nicaragua) was also considered a possibility. But the pope surprised everyone with his choice of …
Pope chooses new cardinals from Africa, Asia, Latin America
… of Westminster (Great Britain) Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano, Archbishop of Managua (Nicaragua) Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, Archbishop of Québec (Canada) Jean-Pierre Kutwa, Archbishop of …
Report: U.S. deported approximately 369,000 immigrants in 2013
… (2,462). The other countries in the top 10: Ecuador (1,616), Brazil (1,500), Colombia (1,429), Nicaragua (1,383), and Jamaica (1,119). While the Philippines was not part of the list-- and the …
Who are going to be the new cardinals?
… Juan de Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico. 28. Leopol LeJosé Brenes Solórzano, archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua. 29. Fausto Justo Trávez Trávez, O.F.M., archbishop of Quito, Ecuador. Additional …
In honor of the SOA victims: 'No más! No more!'
… to subvert the democratic process using Cold War-era tactics. We cry, " No más ! No more!" In Nicaragua, over 4,000 soldiers were trained at the SOA for Somoza's National Guard death squads. … that were killed during the 45 years of rule, and to all the families that sought for a better Nicaragua, we cry, " No más ! No more!" In Venezuela, in April 2002, graduates of the SOA were …
The assassination of John F. Kennedy and 'Project Unspeakable'
… silencing, and killing off the voices of truth, this Unspeakable evil pursued its warpath in Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama and Colombia and then the war on terrorism and the U.S. …
Shutdown of Salvadoran human rights office disturbing in light of war atrocities
… determined not to have another Central American country taken over by leftists, as happened in Nicaragua in 1979 when the Sandinistas came to power. The administration was intent, therefore, …
Christian Foundation for Children and Aging co-founder Bob Hentzen dies
… home in Guatemala to Chile. During the journey, they crossed through El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil. "Society has told [the poor] …