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 drug addiction;…
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 …
At bicentennial, Nicaraguan church leaders say things must change
… Catholic News Service … Church leaders in Nicaragua said "the political and social situation must not continue the same" as the country … and peace commission said the church "wants to be a voice of encouragement and hope" in Nicaragua. The commission also hoped for a "homeland that respects human rights, freedom of the … for the Archdiocese of Managua. "We don't have any kind of independence. It's still an ideal." Nicaragua arrives at its bicentennial amid political repression as the regime of President Daniel …
More than 200 people were killed last year for defending their land, environment
… world, from Colombia to Congo to Kiribati. Colombia had the highest number, at 65, and joined Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras and the Philippines on the list of the five countries with the … were against Indigenous people, including massacres that opened and closed the year. In Nicaragua, where non-Indigenous settlers have been encroaching on Indigenous territory around the …
Feminist nun Donna Quinn leaves a legacy of justice activism
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Fr. Bryan Massingale: White nationalism is the greatest threat to peace today
… regional offices, many local chapters, and went on peace missions to Haiti, El Salvador, Nicaragua and the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. Pax Christi USA, which is based in Washington, …