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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…
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 …
Church supports World Leprosy Day to raise awareness, stop stigma
… said, "pockets of high endemicity" remain in some areas of Brazil, Indonesia, the Philippines, Congo, India, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nepal and Tanzania. World Leprosy Day was begun by Raoul …
Landmine conference ends with organizers citing gains
… their obligation to clear all mined areas under their jurisdiction or control, including the Congo, Denmark, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Jordan and Uganda. There are now 23 States Parties that …
Morning Briefing
… to bookmark it. It's a great way to begin the day. … After evacuating, CRS staffer coordinates Congo aid from Rwanda … Catholic intensity fades as evangelical devotion surges … Opinion: … GOP …
Morning Briefing
… any crimes … but individuals within the church. … Copy of his letter A Church in Dismay. DR Congo: … International community has failed us … , says bishop …
Vatican consistory creating six cardinals packs global punch
… Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, and Laurent Monsengwo of the Democratic Republic of Congo. (Nigeria's other cardinal, Francis Arinze, is in the hospital recovering from a knee …
Defending Christians at risk is a transcendent post-election cause
… of 100,000 per year. Those numbers include scores of Christians killed in both Sudan and Congo, two of the bloodiest locales on the planet during the first decade of this millennium. … of Oklahoma calling for a more careful way of sorting through situations such as the Congo wars in order to establish how many of its fatalities truly count as martyrs. He suggested … Catholic tribes together, surely it's the defense of innocent Christians in places such as Congo, Syria, Iraq, Nigeria, India and so many points beyond, where Christians literally take …
Student, professional engineers answer call to 'solve the world's problems'
… and avoid saline intrusion into aquifers. Kilpatrick himself is involved in the Tshumbe, Congo, hybrid electric microgrid project , led by Patrick Murphy, managing director of Notre …
A reflection for All Saints' Day
… among our leaders, leaders like the martyred Archbishop Christophe Munzihirwa of Bukavu, Congo. We need to hear more from leaders like Cardinal-designate Luis A. Tagle of Manila who …
Sixteen years ago today, death came for the Archbishop
… places. In its own way that's fitting, because Archbishop Christophe Munzihirwa of Bukavu, Congo, lost his life in 1996 during the most ignored world war of all time. The Congo Wars, which flared off and on between 1995 and 2003, at one time or another involved eight … that can be seen only with eyes that have cried." Munzihirwa, who's been dubbed the "Romero of Congo," is no more than one example of the most dramatic Christian narrative of our time -- the …
Morning Briefing
… Catholic Philippines celebrates new saint … 3 Catholic priests kidnapped by gunmen in eastern Congo … Ill. Catholic Charities seek new path without foster care, adoption … Rowan Williams in …