Hna. María de Lourdes López Munguía, Misionera Franciscana de María. (Foto: GSR)
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Priest remembered as champion of justice, reform
… He was best known for his leadership for peace and justice in Central America, especially in Nicaragua, and for his advocacy of gender equality in the Catholic church, including women’s … In the late 1970s, he embraced the struggles of the poor in Central America, especially Nicaragua and El Salvador, and he became an outspoken opponent of the Reagan war policies in the … of $227 million in war funding with the same value in humanitarian aid. Callahan traveled to Nicaragua time and again, working with the Institute of John XXIII at the Jesuit university in …
The Strength to be Bold
… side of women seeking greater roles, including priesthood, to aid of the poor and desperate of Nicaragua and to the defense of many alarms of oppression that sounded along his way. Like Bill …
William Callahan, peace, justice champion, dies
… He was best known for his leadership for peace and justice in Central America, especially in Nicaragua, and for his advocacy of gender equality in the Catholic Church, including women’s … In the late 1970s, he embraced the struggles of the poor in Central America, especially Nicaragua and El Salvador, becoming an outspoken opponent of the Reagan war policies in the … a multi-million dollar program of humanitarian aid and development funding for the people of Nicaragua who were victims of the “contra war” waged by the Reagan Administration. Three times, …
Prayers and thoughts for Bill Callahan
… Callahan through the spirit-filled work he has done for decades on behalf of the people of Nicaragua and Central America, the poor of Haiti, the rights of women and the reform of the Roman …
Emerging Church: 'Laypeople, future of missions'
… influenced by her contact with the Neumann Center and by trips she took with service groups to Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic. “I knew after I had done those projects that I wanted to do …
Migrants: illegals or God's ambassadors?
… The twentieth century brought several efforts at social reform. José Santos Zelaya, one of Nicaragua's greatest statesmen, was a pioneer reformer. However, when he insisted on to … crushed in the region, reformers turned into radicals, like Fidel Castro, the Sandinistas in Nicaragua and the FMLN guerrillas in El Salvador. When the Sandinistas triumphed in Nicaragua in …
Remembering Oscar Romero
… over the radio at 5 o’clock in the morning as I lay on a cold, uncomfortable cot in El Ular, Nicaragua, where I was accompanying schoolgirls from Matagalpa’s St. Teresa School. For many of …
A Cold War perspective on Romero's death
… similar to that of the Sandinistas, who had recently overthrown the Somoza dictatorship in Nicaragua. However, government-sponsored violence increased, as I had seen that morning when a … dollars into propping up the Salvadoran military and government in order to prevent “another Nicaragua.” Neoconservatives and the Reagan administration portrayed Central America as a …
Late nun's plea to live Holy Week still resonates
… Rome and Northern Ireland, in Syria and Lebanon, in South Africa and Angola, India and China, Nicaragua and El Salvador, in Washington and Jackson. Let us break bread together; let us relive …
Holy Week 2010: Accompanying El Salvador
… revolution like the one that had toppled the Somoza dictatorship in neighboring Nicaragua in 1979, poured an estimated $5 billion into the conflict from 1980 to 1992. Fought to …
Ben Salmon and the Army of Peace
… some of his writings and an interview with his daughter Elizabeth, today a Maryknoll sister in Nicaragua. (For the full issue, where I gleaned these details, and other information, see: …
Howard Zinn: Small acts multiplied by millions
… Africa and other places where change looked hopeless and then it happened. Remember Somoza in Nicaragua scurrying to his private plane, Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos hurriedly assembling their …
Developing Nicaragua with schools, bakeries and job training
… … Integral Development Project: Centro Santa Teresa de Jesus … GRANADA, DEPT. OF GRANADA, NICARAGUA The Integral Development Project (IDP) is located in the rural community of Los Cocos, about ten miles from Granada, Nicaragua. It consists of a school, a bakery, job training, and agricultural projects. The work …
A new theology of divorce
… classes. They participated in church programs and ministries, including hosting a woman from Nicaragua who needed medical attention in the United States. By the late 1990s, even after …
Remembering the Jesuit Martyrs
… Lopez. … Former head of the San Salvador seminary and of the Jesuit University in Managua, Nicaragua, he worked every weekend among the poor in Soyapango. I remember having lunch with him …
Delegation asks for decisive U.S. action in Honduras
… was the U.S. Ambassador in Honduras, trying to find ways to overthrow the Sandinistas in Nicaragua next door. These movements have long said that their constitution was written – …
Morning Briefing
… in Late-Term Abortion In Canada, removal of gay altar servers causes flap Call to reverse Nicaragua's abortion ban Archbishop of Canterbury on homsexual unions Cistone to be installed as …
Liberation correspondent: Homilies of Moise Sandoval
… attention to the need for self-determination for the people of that region. He applauded Nicaragua under the Sandinistas for moving in that direction, but noted that this was still … That is why the Central Intelligence Agency is financing an army of ‘contras’ attacking Nicaragua and Russians are fighting in Afghanistan. ttttt… “Too often our leaders have given aid …
Miguel D'Escoto Brockmann successor chosen
… He will replace the current UN General Assembly president, Miguel D'Escoto Brockmann of Nicaragua, when the next assembly session convenes on Sept. 15. Read more here: …
Authoritarian vs. totalitarian
… non-communist. The Reagan administration used Kirkpatrick’s distinction to arm the contras in Nicaragua, which overlooked other agents of change, such as the church, at work in the country. …