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… Peter Daly … We are just back from a visit to our sister parish in Nicaragua, the second poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Our parish has been going there … eight years now and we visit every six months. About 40 people from our parish have been to Nicaragua. In the last eight years, our two sister parishes have together built over 200 new … St. John Vianney, provides money, encouragement and advice. San Juan Bautista in Limay, Nicaragua, provides knowledge of the local community, workers, volunteers, supervision and …

… Francis in the Philippines here … . ICYMI: Read this feature from Tom Boswell on his return to Nicaragua … to find the flames of solidarity still alight … Fr. Peter Daly attempts to answer the …

… the speaker's platform with the leaders, think about the ones who died. --Fr. Ernesto Cardenal Nicaragua. Land of green mountains, lakes and a necklace of volcanoes. Land of poets. Land of … tradition, but its volunteers come from various Christian faiths. On our first night in Nicaragua, a few of us toured the capital of Managua, a sprawling city of 1.5 million. We were … AK-47s on the streets was a ubiquitous sight. Now, I'd been here a week and not seen a gun. Nicaragua's homicide rate is the lowest in Latin America. Then there's the canal, with its …

… in California and Fr. Kenneth Walker in Arizona; and one priest each in Canada, Colombia, Nicaragua and Peru. …

… one year later, Marentes was called on to join a select group of 100 social justice workers in Nicaragua. Someone suggested the pope would be interested in meeting the group. "I personally …

… Five have ended their connection to the school: Venezuela, Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador and Nicaragua. Pablo Ruiz Espinoza, SOA Watch's Latin America coordinator in Chile who spent years …

… campaign, Kariuki said. WHO carried out similar vaccination campaigns in Mexico in 1993 and in Nicaragua and the Philippines in 1994. "What is immoral and evil is that the tetanus laced with …

… when they stem from encounters with real people. I spent the summer of 2013 in Managua, Nicaragua, with the Mev Puleo Scholarship , a theological immersion program through Saint Louis …

… in all. Among them is a large representation from Central America -- Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador -- as well as from countries of West Africa, the Caribbean and South …

… to Central American anti-communist rebels looking to overthrow the Sandinista Regime in Nicaragua — the so-called Iran-Contra affair. Over the past 10-plus years, North, who is a born …

… poor in these countries even poorer. But poverty can't explain the current crisis. Neighboring Nicaragua -- the poorest country in Central America -- has very few child migrants. A May 27 … 1980s, when the Reagan administration pressured its leaders into joining the U.S. war against Nicaragua -- a war condemned by the International Court of Justice for "unlawful use of force." …

… spiritually based” organization providing education and community development in Nicaragua. … Q & A with Sr. Debbie Blow … Global Sisters Report Global Sisters Report … , devoted …

… Fr. Miguel D'Escoto in a private conversation arranged by Maryknoll friends during a visit to Nicaragua in 1983. Bolivia, where I was a missionary priest, had just emerged the year before … something of the Nicaraguan experience. D'Escoto had been serving as the foreign minister of Nicaragua since the 1979 victory of the Sandinista Revolution. D'Escoto was most friendly and … of Honduran children coming now as refugees to our borders. In 1985, Pope John Paul II visited Nicaragua and enforced church law, ordering D'Escoto and two other priests serving in the …

… of the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, personally when Miguel was the foreign minister of Nicaragua during the days of the Sandinistas (1979-90). They were friends and allies, both … the Quixote Center, where Bill was a co-director, was shipping millions in humanitarian aid to Nicaragua under a program called Quest for Peace , a program that continues today. That aid was … However, those of us who worked alongside Bill were strongly suspicious that his work with Nicaragua was ultimately behind his suspension and l ouster. Archbishop Miguel Obando y Bravo, …

… ago to stop his priestly ministry because he refused to give up his political position in Nicaragua's Sandinista government. … Conflict with Vatican shadows upcoming LCWR assembly … …

… stop exercising his priestly ministry because he refused to give up his political position in Nicaragua's Sandinista government. The pope made his decision after D'Escoto, 81, formally … D'Escoto remained a member of the U.S.-based Maryknoll Society. He continues to live in Nicaragua. D'Escoto supported the socialist Sandinista National Liberation Front in its effort to …

… truce talks with Palestinian factions … Pope Francis should cast out Netanyahu’s demons, Nicaragua president says … Detroit -- … Water is Life … Sister joins fight against shut-offs and …

… boarded a flight in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to ferry relief supplies to earthquake victims in Nicaragua. Soon after takeoff, the plane crashed, killing Clemente and four others. Rossi was …

… encouraged the coup in the months after Anastasio Somoza Debayle was toppled in neighboring Nicaragua in July 1979. The court does note that while Garcia was not a reformist, he gained …

… stricken by poverty, conflict and natural disaster, and so gave red hats to prelates in Haiti, Nicaragua, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and the Philippines. Significantly, he abandoned the …