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Citing contributions to U.S., migrants demand permanent status
… which administers the program, announced it was ending TPS status for recipients from Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti and El Salvador in late 2018 and throughout 2019, saying conditions in those …
Maryland parish helps Puerto Ricans still rebuilding from hurricane
… "As we have evolved over the years ... we have done this through other groups like Fuller; in Nicaragua we worked with Seeds of Learning, which builds schools and community centers." St. Francis Builds has taken volunteers to serve in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Peru, Trinidad, Dominican Republic, Jordan and Mexico. In the U.S., its …
Civil groups lead efforts to reunite children with deported parents
… including several Catholic groups, in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua. Beginning with the nine "defenders" that were already focused on civil rights, but …
Morning Briefing, International
… Russian journalists killed in Central African Republic ambush Costa Rica overwhelmed with Nicaraguan asylum seekers Mexico’s Murder Rate Hits Highest Level in Decades Jetliner In Mexico …
Parish roundup: March for migrants; prayers for Nicaragua
… water bottles and food at various sites. More than 1,000 Hispanic Catholics prayed for Nicaraguan peace and reconciliation during a July 20 Mass at Holy Family Parish in Dale City, Virginia. The church in Nicaragua has endured numerous attacks from pro-government forces, including one July 9 on …
Dolly Pomerleau: a pioneer in the work of justice
… might make a difference. She protested U.S. attempts to overthrow the Sandinista government of Nicaragua in the 1980s, visiting Nicaragua many times, and working closely with the Institute of John XXIII in Managua to which … Capitol as part of a group that was kneeling to pray for an end to U.S. actions against the Nicaraguan government. She also advocated for justice in Haiti when Jean-Bertrand Aristide was …
Morning Briefing
… Nicaragua protests: …
Somalis in US receive protected status extension, but not redesignation
… that had their status renewed, while six — El Salvador , Honduras , Nepal , Haiti , Sudan and Nicaragua — will see their status permanently expire in the coming months. The vast majority of …
Pence, at religious freedom summit, threatens Turkey over detained US pastor
… live in a nation where some religious practice or belief is banned or threatened. He cited the Nicaraguan government of President Daniel Ortega "virtually waging war on the Catholic Church," …
Gingrich: 'Securing' religious liberty top priority for U.S., Vatican
… listed off several examples of persecution around the world, including that of Catholics in Nicaragua, Uyghurs in western China and Rohingya in Myanmar, "but these examples are only a small …
Morning Briefing
… Nicaragua Clergy, Siding With Protesters, Becomes ‘Terrible Enemy’ of Ortega …
Morning Briefing
… Immigration bureau says Sister Fox's activities 'are inimical to the interest of the state' Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega …
Morning Briefing
… Nicaraguan bishops to pray for exorcism as violence continues …
Nicaraguan bishops to pray for exorcism as violence continues
… Police and paramilitaries in Nicaragua have attacked another parish in an indigenous community as churches and clergy come … As attacks on Catholic clergy continued and anti-government protesters were besieged by Nicaraguan police and paramilitaries, the country's bishops said they would pray an exorcism … our role as mediators and witnesses, given that what we seek is peace and justice as Nicaraguans." …
Morning Briefing
… Nicaragua in crisis. … This week has been the most tumultous in Nicaragua since a wave of anti-government protests started in April … The Unraveling of Nicaragua … writing at Popular Resistance say that a great deal of false and inaccurate information about Nicaragua is in the media. Even on the left, some have simply repeated the dubious claims of CNN and Nicaragua’s oligarchic media to support the removal of President Ortega. They say they want to …
Bishops, journalists attacked at church in Nicaragua
… Nicaraguan bishops and clergy were attacked by armed groups aligned with the government July 9 as … them in this suffering and were attacked," he said. The attack on the bishops came as Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega sent police and paramilitaries to counter protesters calling … secretary of the Nicaraguan bishops' conference, told Catholic News Service. Churches in Nicaragua are often used to provide medical attention, according to Rivas, as people are often …
Morning Briefing
… people who voted for him are more important to him than the God of his critics. Meanwhile in Nicaragua, churchmen and workers are physically attacked: A church delegation headed by Cardinal …
Yemenis get temporary protected status extension, with limits
… by the current administration. Status holders from Honduras , El Salvador , Haiti , Nepal , Nicaragua and Sudan — who make up more than 97 percent of the immigrants who were covered by the …
Down is the new up: learning the lessons of religious life
… Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Ghana, Haiti, India, Ireland, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, South Africa, Switzerland, the Philippines and the United States. You can …
Riot police withdraw as bishops, priests visit besieged Nicaraguan city
… Clergy from the Archdiocese of Managua, Nicaragua, had planned to pray for peace June 21. Instead, bishops from the archdiocese, Archbishop Waldemar Sommertag, apostolic nuncio to Nicaragua, and about 30 priests from the capital traveled to pray in the besieged city of Masaya. … bishops were going there, they withdrew," said Fr. Victor Rivas, executive secretary of the Nicaraguan bishops' conference. Violence has convulsed Nicaragua for two months as citizens …