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Authors / María de Lourdes López Munguía
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;…
'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 …
A lot rides on new Vatican Bank appointment
… just a day before the death of Pope John Paul II, including a new archbishop of Managua in Nicaragua. …
The challenges and rewards of religious education in this Year of Faith
… in important events like the March for Life or a walk to raise money for our sister parish in Nicaragua. We also require contemplative experiences like eucharistic adoration and …
Bishops must stand firm in truth to lead people to Christ, pope says
… Congregation for Catholic Education; Nigerian Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, 52, nuncio to Nicaragua; and French Archbishop Nicolas Henry Thevenin, 54, nuncio to Guatemala. The nuncios as …
Catholic activism on the death penalty; a brief dispatch from Denmark
… a senior counselor to the president of Mongolia, and testimonies from attorneys general in Nicaragua, Mozambique and Tanzania. Sant'Egidio, of course, is one of the new movements in the …
Why make a peacemaking mission to Afghanistan?
… to do, however poorly. Over the last 30 years, I have traveled into the U.S. war zones of Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Colombia, Palestine, Egypt, the Philippines, Northern …
Cooperative art exhibit delights as it explores the Caribbean
… us "Light Viewed Through My Vine Plants" (1926). Armando Morales Sequeira, who was born in Nicaragua and died in Miami (another Caribbean city), paints a largely abstract, religiously …