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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…
2013 an 'under-the-radar' period for humanitarian disasters, aid
… the Syrian conflict or Typhoon Haiyan received, such as ongoing humanitarian problems in Congo, South Sudan and Colombia. The issue of climate change largely "got waylaid" this year, …
Funeral for transgendered person at pope's church
… organize a funeral service. Among other dignitaries expected to be on hand is Cécile Kyenge, a Congo-born politician and ophthalmologist who serves as Italy's Minister for Integration, making …
Francis issues cry for peace, starting in Syria
… South Sudan, Nigeria, the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Syria has been a special preoccupation for Francis in 2013, culminating in a worldwide day …
Terror in Democratic Republic of the Congo
… Network , writes about the deteriorating political situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It makes for sad reading. God Bless the AFJN for continuing to monitor these situations of …
The synod turns sexy; statistics in a global war
… charged that this estimate includes too many situations, such as the Democratic Republic of Congo, in which Christians are being killed but not for reasons of faith. Moreover, a great deal … of the picture. Here's the thought exercise I often use: Consider a devout female catechist in Congo who's killed by a paramilitary group for resisting their forced enrollment of child …
Neema Namadamu, Congo's visionary peacemaker
… John Dear … Since 1996, warfare in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has killed 6 million people. Approximately 400,000 women are raped there each year. Most nations have given up on Congo. The U.S. has poured tons of money into Congo for development, but not toward a peace … peace, and that's true even in Congo. Last week, I was thrilled to attend a reception honoring Congo's leading voice for peace, Neema Namadamu. She ranks with Leymah Gbowee, the Nobel laureate …
Franciscans' global leader: Pope's Assisi trip time to consider church reform
… served as an adviser to the U.S. bishops and as a missionary to the Democratic Republic of the Congo for 10 years, Perry was elected to lead the order in May. Speaking from his order's …
Diplomats; atheists; Newark, N.J.; and the war on Christians
… bank, turning to Italian Msgr. Battista Ricca, a veteran Vatican diplomat who served in Congo, Algeria, Colombia, Switzerland, and Trinidad and Tobago, and who later returned to Rome to …
Cardinals' summit shapes up as potential turning point
… Gracias of Mumbai, India; Reinhard Marx of Munich; Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya of Kinshasa, Congo; and George Pell of Sydney. Rodríguez is the group's coordinator. Members appear to be …
From Benedict to Francis, the perils of papal interviews
… Honduras, Oswald Gracias of India and Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya of the Democratic Republic of Congo. In the middle of a working session, participants in the plenary assembly suddenly found …
Congolese nun wins U.N. prize for work with internally displaced women
… their homes in the northeastern Congolese bush because of the ongoing civil strife in the Congo. Many of the women have been forced to marry members of the Lord's Resistance Army, a rebel group led by Joseph Kony, whose activities have destabilized not only Congo but disrupted life in neighboring African nations as well. Last year, she testified to … an interpreter during the Sept. 12 conference call, Namaika said, "When I arrived here in Congo in 2003, I started helping women who didn't have a chance to go to school. So when the …