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Christian Foundation for Children and Aging co-founder Bob Hentzen dies
… home in Guatemala to Chile. During the journey, they crossed through El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil. "Society has told [the poor] …
The next mayor of New York?
… to stop the Reagan wars in Central America, especially the contra war against the people of Nicaragua. Religious people and groups of all kinds, especially Catholics with millions of … Center that organized cargo containers of humanitarian aid for victims of the contra war in Nicaragua. It was "aid with a purpose." Cargo containers were regularly parked in front of a …
American-made weapons feed chaos in Egypt
… coup in Egypt and subsequent events, and the United States is not exempt. As in El Salvador, Nicaragua, East Timor, Angola, Lebanon and Gaza in previous years, the killing of civilians in …
The church should side with dedicated immigrants
… comes from in Central America. Every six months, we send a delegation to our sister parish in Nicaragua to check on the progress of our housing project there. So far, we have built 150 houses … man in Maryland probably lived in a house like that back home in Guatemala. Last time I was in Nicaragua, I met a young man who is a sort of "spiritual cousin" to the guy on the bicycle in … is it so cool in here?" he asked. He had never been in an air-conditioned vehicle. Buses in Nicaragua are not air-conditioned. If he got a ride into town, it would probably be on the back …
Former UN General Assembly head asks Obama to stop warmongering
… former president of the UN General Assembly (2008-2009) and former foreign minister of Nicaragua (1979-1990), penned an open letter to President Barack Obama in August, before the … clarity. --- His Excellency Barack Obama President of the United States of America Managua, Nicaragua, Aug. 25, 2013 Dear Brother President Barack Obama, I write to you this Sunday morning, … and the girls, Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, M.M. Catholic priest Former foreign minister of Nicaragua President of the 63rd UN General Assembly Session …
In confronting a violent past, Guatemalans find miracles in present
… worse than anything experienced, for instance, in neighboring El Salvador or a country away in Nicaragua. The most used figure of the number who died in Guatemala's civil war is 200,000 in a …
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… Engineers bring sustainable technology to Nicaragua … to run their own nonprofit organization and implement systems of sustainable technology in Nicaragua. McGrath and Meier are two of four co-founders of Emerging Opportunities for …
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 …
Mother Tekla: the most powerful woman in Rome
… men with bloody footprints in history: Juan Perón of Argentina, who welcomed Nazi fugitives; Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza, who fled in exile to Paraguay where he was assassinated; …
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
… It 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
… overstated communist threats, when the administration spoke of Soviet MIGs in crates 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 …