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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;…
Vatican in 'pain' at Nicaragua expulsion of papal nuncio
… Associated Press … MEXICO CITY — … The Vatican on Saturday expressed "surprise and pain" at Nicaragua's expulsion of the papal nuncio, which comes at a time of growing pressure on opposition figures in the Central American nation. The church said in a statement that Nicaragua's action against Polish Msgr. Waldemar Stanislaw Sommertag was "grave and unjustified." …
Nicaragua revokes legal status of Catholic charities, educational projects
… David Agren … Catholic News Service … MEXICO CITY — The Nicaragua national assembly ordered the revocation of the legal status of five universities — … donations, but the Interior Ministry wants church officials to put a value on the donations. Nicaragua's Catholic Church tried to promote dialogue as an exit to the political crisis in 2018 …
Jesuit who stood up to Paraguayan dictator dies
… Jan. 3 in Asunción. He was 93. The Spanish-born Jesuit lived through the revolution in Nicaragua. He fought with words in the media against Paraguayan dictator Alfredo Stroessner and …
Remembering Desmond Tutu, a fearless truth-teller who preached nonviolence and forgiveness
… Soviets for their invasion of Afghanistan, the Americans for their support of the Contras in Nicaragua and their invasion of Iraq, the Israelis for their massacre in Lebanon and for …
Tom Quigley, longtime foreign policy adviser to US bishops, dies at 91
… 'I can't find my name on the (voter) list.'" In 1999, he visited El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua with several U.S. bishops to assess the damage wrought by Hurricane Mitch. In 2006, he …
In a podcast, two Jesuit priests document their ministry along the southern border
… ministered to the unhoused in San Francisco, while Strassburger ministered to youth in rural Nicaragua and served as a chaplain in Boston. Now, after Strassburger and Hotop were ordained in …
Once undocumented, now he's running for mayor and hoping to help fix Honduras
… a former official in the Zelaya administration, recalls walking three days to cross into Nicaragua following the 2009 coup, an experience she says steeled her against the tactics of fear …
Links: Francis channels his predecessors; fact checking political ads; supply chain problems
… as liberals. At Politico , Nahal Toosi looks at the deteriorating human rights situation in Nicaragua, where President Daniel Ortega, still leader of the Sandanistas, and his wife and Vice …
Liberation theologian Pablo Richard was 'source of life and hope' for many Latin Americans
… We weren't that far away from the terrible 1980s wars in Central America — the contra war in Nicaragua, the bloody civil war in El Salvador. But it also felt like a different era was …
EarthBeat Weekly: Defending healthy ecosystems is a matter of life and death
… suffered threats or were forced from their homes by land grabbers. In countries like Colombia, Nicaragua and the Philippines, which had some of the highest per-capita murder rates, logging, …
Venezuelans make push for citizenship for TPS holders
… it was extending the status for TPS beneficiaries from El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua and Sudan until Dec. 31, 2022. Congress is currently looking at a variety of …