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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…
African Catholics in NYC find community at French Mass
… and Belgian colonies in West and Central Africa, such as Senegal, Ivory Coast, Mali, Togo and Congo. "The African community here come from different countries with their own languages, so …
Pope sets date for canonization of Blessed Brandsma, others
… by St. John XXIII in 1963. The sainthood causes of six members of the order who died in Congo in 1995 caring for victims of Ebola also are underway. Blessed Giustino Maria Russolillo, …
Pope Francis to travel to South Sudan and the Congo in July
… to the war-torn nation of South Sudan in July, after first visiting the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Vatican announced on March 3. The historic July 2-7 trip will mark the pope’s third … has visited the world's youngest nation of South Sudan and only the second papal visit to the Congo, which is home to Africa's largest Catholic population. Both the Archbishop of Canterbury, … and religious leaders and confirmed that a papal visit was on the horizon. As for the Congo, the pope mentioned his desire to visit the African nation in an October 2021 interview …
Pope will visit Malta in April after virus postponed 2020 trip
… he has had longstanding plans to visit South Sudan, and there is talk of a possible stop in Congo. In addition, Francis has said he hopes to visit Lebanon soon, though conditions there will …
Book highlights vulnerability of refugees in meatpacking plants across American Midwest
… "James" Mugereke and his family escaped violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo only to find their family in a tent camp in Zimbabwe where malnutrition was prevalent and … find work in the Corn Belt. Since the 1980s, refugees from Mexico, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Syria, Somalia, Sudan, Honduras, Guatemala, Myanmar and Vietnam have come to the Midwest …
Pope Francis spends 85th birthday greeting new refugee arrivals to Italy
… from the Holy See Press Office said the migrants, who hail from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Somalia and Syria, will be supported directly by Francis. The international …
Returning to migrant hotspot of Lesbos, Pope Francis chides world leaders for an 'indifference that kills'
… a "thumbs up" while posing for photographs. As refugee families from Afghanistan, Syria, the Congo and elsewhere gathered under a white tent, Francis said he was "here to see your faces and …
In a divided Cyprus, Pope Francis pleads for an end to 'walls of fear'
… and Greece. Prior to departing for Cyprus on Dec. 2, the pope met with 12 refugees from Syria, Congo, Somalia and Afghanistan who came to Italy from Lesbos, a Greek island he visited in 2016 …
Pope will help bring migrants from Cyprus to Italy, government says
… double its maximum capacity of 1,200 people. Schadrach Mvunze from the Democratic Republic of Congo said what he and others at the camp want is somewhere where they can live in peace, whether …
Editorial: COP26 shortcomings point to mission for all Catholics
… , the Gran Chaco region of Paraguay and Argentina, Mesoamerica, Asia and Oceania , and the Congo Basin . The U.S. church trails in this regard. Although a few bishops have spoken …