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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;…
Award-winner's novel reminds of tragic history
… President Franklin Roosevelt in the 1930s said of Anastasio Somoza, the longtime dictator of Nicaragua: “He may be a son-of-a-bitch, but he’s our son-of-a-bitch.” Demetria Mart'nez reminds …
Latin American elections are Reagan-era redux with a twist
… Americans head to the polls today, national elections took place this past Sunday in both Nicaragua and Guatemala. The victors, Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua and Otto Perez Molina in Guatemala, are different men than they were years ago. Today, … Bloomberg offers this editorial on the elections : "The results of presidential elections in Nicaragua and Guatemala on Sunday -- won, respectively, by a leftist revolutionary and a …
+Gomez on \"Greater America\"
… in 1683, known to walk long distances bringing the sacraments to the people and preaching in Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Mexico, Texas and Louisiana. Gomez recalled Father Serra. He spoke of the …
Church programs help stem violence in Nicaragua
… Liz Quirin … Catholic News Service … MATIGUAS, Nicaragua -- Women in Nicaragua, often too timid to speak for themselves, have been beaten and sometimes killed by … by a partner at least once." Enter Catholic Relief Services and its partner agency, Caritas Nicaragua, which joined forces to reduce the violence against women by providing programming for …
U.S. priest to attend Irish meeting
… by emailing info4@uscatholicpriests.us A veteran activist who also spent 25 years in Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala, Survil is also well-known in the central Pennsylvania area …
Programs for men help stem violence
… Catholic News Service … With his wife nearby, a man is handed their baby girl from a nurse in Nicaragua in early August. (CNS photo/Liz Quirin, The Messenger) (Sept. 26, 2011) With his wife nearby, a man is handed their baby girl from a nurse in Nicaragua in early August. (CNS photo/Liz Quirin, The Messenger) (Sept. 26, 2011) … MATIGUAS, Nicaragua … (CNS) -- Women in Nicaragua, often too timid to speak for themselves, have been …
Fund focuses on empowering women for social change
… spring that doesn’t run dry.” A few years earlier, several women who led various projects in Nicaragua -- including a ceramics project, a jewelry-making project and a residence for pregnant … of women who are managing ESPERA (Spanish for “she hopes”) Funds within Mexico, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala and Haiti. One of the first of these networks to be established, in El …
Labor secretary: Parents' faith shaped me
… helping immigrant workers at a battery recycling plant. Her mother, now 85, was born in Nicaragua. She raised her five oldest children as a homemaker, and later helped support the …
Morning Briefing
… on foster care … WYD … Pope laments 'amnesia' about God … Religion debate raised anew in Nicaragua campaign … Philadelphia … Archdiocese releases report on suspended priests … Catholic …
Vatican critics smell blood in the water, and remembering Sambi
… 1969 with a posting in Cameroon. Over the course of his career, Sambi served in Cuba, Algeria, Nicaragua, Belgium, India, Burundi and Indonesia. In 1998, Sambi became the nuncio to the Holy …
The Center of Concern
… in Australia. He was also controversial for his support of the Sandinista government in Nicaragua, and for his initiating a ministry for gay Catholics. “It is not clear to this day,” … …