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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] …
The next mayor of New York?
… to stop the Reagan wars in Central America, especially the contra war against the people of Nicaragua. Religious people and groups of all kinds, especially Catholics with millions of … Center that organized cargo containers of humanitarian aid for victims of the contra war in Nicaragua. It was "aid with a purpose." Cargo containers were regularly parked in front of a …