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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…
Humanitarian group's report lists best, worst countries to be a mother
… be a mother, according to the group's international index, is the Democratic Republic of the Congo. And how does the United States fare? Not nearly as well as many would hope. In its 14th … Niger … 173. … Mali … 174. … Sierra Leone … 175. … Somalia … 176. … Democratic Republic of the Congo …
Five thoughts on the pope's new 'G8'
… Over the years, both Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cardinal Oswald Gracias of India have argued for greater latitude for both local …
Pope Francis taps eight cardinals to lead Vatican reform
… of Bombay (Mumbai); Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the archbishop of Kinshasa O'Malley; Marx; Cardinal George Pell of Australia, the …
Pope Francis' Easter prayer
… are held hostage by terrorist groups. Peace in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and in the Central African Republic, where many have been forced to leave their homes and …
Francis at Easter: transformation, world peace
… are held hostage by terrorist groups. Peace in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and in the Central African Republic, where many have been forced to leave their homes and …
United Nations to resume arms trade treaty talks
… to think twice about selling a weapon to militants in Uganda or the Democratic Republic of Congo. … Even if you could trace the weapons, chances are there would be nothing illegal about …
Papabile of the Day: The Men Who Could Be Pope
… Hon of Hong Kong and Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo – two men who might be able to galvanize Asian and African support for Robles. As always, …
US prelates' silence shifts focus to finance, national disputes
… popes. The three chosen to assist him were Lebanon Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, Congo Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya and Italian Cardinal Velasio de Paolis. They will serve …
Papabile of the Day: The Men Who Could Be Pope
… for that aspect of the job than Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the lone cardinal to have previously served, more or less, as a country's chief executive. … because it wasn't really his diplomacy that brought an end to Mobutu's rule, but the First Congo War and the armies of Laurent-Désiré Kabila. When Monsengwo later spoke out against … 20 th century from 1.9 million to more than 130 million. By 2050, the Democratic Republic of Congo is projected to become the fifth largest Catholic country in the world, with a Catholic …
Jesuit expert calls Benedict 'great reformer' on sex abuse
… a set of guidelines for their situation. Let’s remember that in countries such as Mali and Congo, there’s a war going on. Obviously, it’s hard to think about a set of guidelines in those …
Program helps aspiring African women theologians shed light on struggles, hopes
… widely the moment she sees Sr. Marie-Rose Ndimbo, a native of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Meeting for the first time in late August, the sisters had traveled to Kenya's capital for … Nigeria and Cameroon in the west; Zimbabwe in the south; and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in central Africa. Seven of the eight are members of diocesan orders of women religious. … an order based in the northern Congolese city of Molegbe. There are orphanages throughout the Congo filled with "hundreds upon hundreds" of AIDS/HIV orphans, she said, all needing care. Her …