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Bernard Cooke remembered as visionary educator, inspiring theologian
… he, the soft-spoken introvert," Laffey said. Turner's experiences, especially a trip to Nicaragua, helped Cooke develop "a global consciousness that looked at the poor around the …
Peace activists walk from Illinois to Iowa to protest drone warfare
… not a very durable security." Kelly's activism has taken her to Gaza, Lebanon, Bosnia and Nicaragua during periods of war as well as to Baghdad throughout the "shock and awe" bombings of …
Newly ordained priests across country hail from variety of backgrounds
… ages and from all backgrounds. Many were born in the United States; others were from Columbia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Poland, Germany, Cuba, Haiti, El Salvador and Mexico. In the diocese of …
Report illuminates eight decades of Capuchin province's poor handling of sex abuse
… Detroit but oversees approximately 170 friars serving in a diverse swath of the country and in Nicaragua and Panama. It has been the subject of scrutiny in recent years, particularly over its …
Capuchin admission puts spotlight on sex abuse reporting for orders
… Detroit but oversees approximately 170 friars serving in a diverse swath of the country and in Nicaragua and Panama. The province has been the subject of scrutiny in recent years, particularly …
The evolution of the committed life in the 21st century
… plight of immigrants. Some co-members work overseas with poor people: in Haiti, Guatemala and Nicaragua. Still others live at the motherhouse, where they promote ecological living and …
Ecuadoran vacation led to former priest's vocation as missionary
… has literally brought me into the homes and barrios of hundreds of poor families in Ecuador, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico and also to a community near Cap Haïtien in …
Editorial: U.S. should follow Guatemala's courageous example
… in a Nicaraguan harbor (they didn't exist) and of leftist forces burning villages in eastern Nicaragua (the photos turned out to be from another era and another continent). It was the era of …
'Good Bishop' Walter Sullivan shows how to be good Christians in bad times
… embraced gays, championed those sentenced to be killed by the state, journeyed to Haiti, Nicaragua and El Salvador on solidarity missions, and welcomed everyone in the diocese. And he …
'No more hurting people,' 8-year-old bombing victim begs
… the United States has been bombing and killing children around the world -- in Vietnam, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Colombia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen and Pakistan. The violence we spread …
Cardinal Antonetti, Vatican diplomat, finance manager, dies at 90
… apostolic delegation in Washington. In February 1968, he was named an archbishop and nuncio to Nicaragua and Honduras, a post he held until 1973. His first assignment to Africa came next; he …
Editorial: UN arms treaty a small step to global sanity
… cast the sole votes against the treaty. Major arms producers China and Russia joined Bolivia, Nicaragua and India -- the world’s largest importer of arms -- in abstaining. Significantly, the …
Looking to the example of Archbishop Oscar Romero
… week before he was killed, Romero met with a young Salvadoran priest who had gone to work in Nicaragua but returned to San Salvador to help out Romero. "You should really leave the country," Romero told the stunned young priest. "Go back to Nicaragua. You won't be able to do anything here. You won't be able to work or move around. These … the country right now so that when El Salvador changes, you can come back. Your experience in Nicaragua is going to be important for everybody. For me, too. You know, we really have to …
New pope and geopolitics of secrecy
… Internet March 13 in Argenpress, as well as information coming in from alternative groups in Nicaragua, Venezuela, Brazil and especially Argentina have confirmed my suspicions. The See of …
A lot rides on new Vatican Bank appointment
… just a day before the death of Pope John Paul II, including a new archbishop of Managua in Nicaragua. …
The challenges and rewards of religious education in this Year of Faith
… in important events like the March for Life or a walk to raise money for our sister parish in Nicaragua. We also require contemplative experiences like eucharistic adoration and …
Bishops must stand firm in truth to lead people to Christ, pope says
… Congregation for Catholic Education; Nigerian Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, 52, nuncio to Nicaragua; and French Archbishop Nicolas Henry Thevenin, 54, nuncio to Guatemala. The nuncios as …
Catholic activism on the death penalty; a brief dispatch from Denmark
… a senior counselor to the president of Mongolia, and testimonies from attorneys general in Nicaragua, Mozambique and Tanzania. Sant'Egidio, of course, is one of the new movements in the …
Why make a peacemaking mission to Afghanistan?
… to do, however poorly. Over the last 30 years, I have traveled into the U.S. war zones of Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Colombia, Palestine, Egypt, the Philippines, Northern …
Cooperative art exhibit delights as it explores the Caribbean
… us "Light Viewed Through My Vine Plants" (1926). Armando Morales Sequeira, who was born in Nicaragua and died in Miami (another Caribbean city), paints a largely abstract, religiously …