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;…
Report illuminates eight decades of Capuchin province's poor handling of sex abuse
… Detroit but oversees approximately 170 friars serving in a diverse swath of the country and in Nicaragua and Panama. It has been the subject of scrutiny in recent years, particularly over its …
Capuchin admission puts spotlight on sex abuse reporting for orders
… Detroit but oversees approximately 170 friars serving in a diverse swath of the country and in Nicaragua and Panama. The province has been the subject of scrutiny in recent years, particularly …
The evolution of the committed life in the 21st century
… plight of immigrants. Some co-members work overseas with poor people: in Haiti, Guatemala and Nicaragua. Still others live at the motherhouse, where they promote ecological living and …
Ecuadoran vacation led to former priest's vocation as missionary
… has literally brought me into the homes and barrios of hundreds of poor families in Ecuador, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico and also to a community near Cap Haïtien in …
Editorial: U.S. should follow Guatemala's courageous example
… in a Nicaraguan harbor (they didn't exist) and of leftist forces burning villages in eastern Nicaragua (the photos turned out to be from another era and another continent). It was the era of …
'Good Bishop' Walter Sullivan shows how to be good Christians in bad times
… embraced gays, championed those sentenced to be killed by the state, journeyed to Haiti, Nicaragua and El Salvador on solidarity missions, and welcomed everyone in the diocese. And he …
'No more hurting people,' 8-year-old bombing victim begs
… the United States has been bombing and killing children around the world -- in Vietnam, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Colombia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen and Pakistan. The violence we spread …
Cardinal Antonetti, Vatican diplomat, finance manager, dies at 90
… apostolic delegation in Washington. In February 1968, he was named an archbishop and nuncio to Nicaragua and Honduras, a post he held until 1973. His first assignment to Africa came next; he …
Editorial: UN arms treaty a small step to global sanity
… cast the sole votes against the treaty. Major arms producers China and Russia joined Bolivia, Nicaragua and India -- the world’s largest importer of arms -- in abstaining. Significantly, the …
Looking to the example of Archbishop Oscar Romero
… week before he was killed, Romero met with a young Salvadoran priest who had gone to work in Nicaragua but returned to San Salvador to help out Romero. "You should really leave the country," Romero told the stunned young priest. "Go back to Nicaragua. You won't be able to do anything here. You won't be able to work or move around. These … the country right now so that when El Salvador changes, you can come back. Your experience in Nicaragua is going to be important for everybody. For me, too. You know, we really have to …
New pope and geopolitics of secrecy
… Internet March 13 in Argenpress, as well as information coming in from alternative groups in Nicaragua, Venezuela, Brazil and especially Argentina have confirmed my suspicions. The See of …