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Vatican calls for electoral reform, negotiations to resume in Nicaragua
… With increasing concerns worldwide about human rights violations in Nicaragua, a Vatican representative has called for an immediate return to negotiations and a … there. "The Holy See has been following with great attention the sociopolitical situation in Nicaragua and believes that the unsettled disputes should be solved as soon as possible," said … has also blocked the entry of medicine and food aid from Caritas the past year, a move the Nicaraguan bishops' conference has called an act of "irrational authoritarianism." "We cannot …
Italian Cardinal Achille Silvestrini dead at 95
… the Vatican on diplomatic missions to various countries, including Spain, Malta, Argentina, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Poland and Haiti. He was created a cardinal in 1988 and named prefect of …
Authors detail lives, deaths of US missioners
… Miller met a similar fate in Guatemala, though he had spent most of his missionary years in Nicaragua. There, he had allied himself with the oppressive regime of Anastasio Somoza in … teacher by training, the politically conservative Miller eventually built and ran schools in Nicaragua. He returned to the U.S. as the Sandinistas took control and he knew that his past …
My first, and very Catholic, act of civil disobedience
… Catholic bishops, and the news of our arrest spread around the world, with media coverage in Nicaragua, Chile, France, the United Kingdom and other countries. My own university published an …
Can laypeople lead a parish? Look to Louisville for a thriving example
… and helping them find safety in Canada. They also connected with a Maryknoll missionary in Nicaragua and established a sister parish relationship with Catholics in the town of Esquipulas — … poor and the needy through St. Vincent de Paul, Catholic Relief Services, our sister parish in Nicaragua, and local immigrant services. Being self-directed seems to make us more generous. …
Before I take on clericalism, I will say: I love being a priest
… is not a boring life. It has taken me everywhere. I have visited sister parishes in Mexico and Nicaragua. I have worked at missions in Malawi and Ethiopia. I have done hurricane relief in …
Act of resistance leaves unsettling questions
… Germany certainly should have been confronted sooner. What about communist Vietnam? Ortega's Nicaragua? Saddam Hussein's Iraq? Assad's Syria? In the end, as principled as Bailey's …
From Nigerian refugee to Capuchin priest: right where God needs him
… He was ordained to the priesthood April 27 in Chicago by Bishop Paul Schmitz of Bluefields, Nicaragua, himself a Capuchin. Kote-Witah ministers to people who have gone through hard times — …
The politics of baseball, from Fenway Park to the South Lawn
… manipulating political control has a legacy, for example, in Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua. The deployment of the sport as creative political resistance to both colonial powers …
Sanctions against Venezuela: diplomatic tool or indiscriminate weapon?
… — that the Trump administration has tried to push out with sanctions. He said that Cuba and Nicaragua are next on the list. "This is just an attempt to take over Latin America in a way that …
Asylum-seeker from Nicaragua credits new home in Iowa to prayers
… Darwin Josue Mejía Montoya could have been shot during protests in Nicaragua last year. He also could still be languishing in a detention center in Arizona, after … to happen, I would be all right." The youngest of six children, Montoya grew up in Boaco, Nicaragua. His parish is Parroquia de Santiago Apostol (Parish of St. James the Apostle) — where … said of his church's sister parish. "I met both Padre Sergio and Darwin when I first visited Nicaragua in January of 2016." Montoya would join Friedrichsen and Sergio on some of their day …
Copy Desk Daily, April 18, 2019
… in real and surreal ways in my life": Not too tidy: joy and holiness Asylum-seeker from Nicaragua credits new home in Iowa to prayers : Darwin Josue Mejía Montoya escaped the threat of violence in Nicaragua and is one of a few to be granted U.S. asylum. Lovers of the Holy Cross sisters draw …
Blase Bonpane, 89, peace and human rights activist, dies in Los Angeles
… in the Los Angeles Times noted that the Bonpanes "brought Central American notables like Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, Nobel laureate Rigoberta Menchú and Salvadoran activist Ruben …
Nicaraguan bishop to leave for Rome as threats against him increase
… A Nicaraguan bishop said he will leave the country indefinitely as concerns for his security … would travel to Rome — at the request of Pope Francis — after finishing Easter celebrations in Nicaragua, which has convulsed with violence for more than a year. Police and paramilitaries … time. I carry in my heart of a pastor the joy and sadness, the pain and hopes of the people of Nicaragua. Thank you all for your love!" Báez tweeted April 10. "I can tell you with total …
Bishops' migration chair urges House pass new bill to protect 'Dreamers'
… end temporary protected status for foreign nationals from several countries — El Salvador, Nicaragua, Haiti, South Sudan, Honduras and Nepal — living in the U.S., saying conditions in …
Catholic immigration network urges temporary protected status for Venezuela
… reported March 7 that a federal judge extended the status last week for people from Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti and El Salvador. NBC also reported that a group of 24 senators asked President …
Bishop urges Congress to pass protections for Dreamers, temporary protected status holders
… that it was extending temporary protected status for foreign nationals from El Salvador, Nicaragua, Haiti and Sudan until Jan. 2, 2020. The notice, published in the Federal Register … the temporary protected status designations for many countries, including Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador, has concerned the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The possibility …
Many migrants surprised to find long wait to apply for asylum in U.S.
… given pink bracelets with the numbers 7,332, 7,333 and 7,334. A pair of asylum-seekers from Nicaragua arrived after them, along with a family from Mexico's southern Guerrero state, where …
Nicaraguan bishops say they have not been invited to national dialogue
… The Nicaraguan bishops' conference said it has not received invitations to play a role in a recently … to intensify their prayer and fasting for our homeland." Dialogue has proved difficult in Nicaragua as President Daniel Ortega has stubbornly clung to power and rebuffed proposed … in an attempt to find a solution, but talks broke down within months. The death toll in Nicaragua topped 300 in 2018, according to international human rights groups. Amnesty …
Temporary protected status extended for nationals from four countries
… notice that it is extending temporary protected status for foreign nationals from El Salvador, Nicaragua, Haiti and Sudan until Jan. 2, 2020. The notice, published in the Federal Register … court case in California challenged the Department of Homeland Security orders on El Salvador, Nicaragua, Haiti and Sudan, on grounds that the situation in each of the four nations had not …