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The politics of baseball, from Fenway Park to the South Lawn
… manipulating political control has a legacy, for example, in Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua. The deployment of the sport as creative political resistance to both colonial powers …
Sanctions against Venezuela: diplomatic tool or indiscriminate weapon?
… — that the Trump administration has tried to push out with sanctions. He said that Cuba and Nicaragua are next on the list. "This is just an attempt to take over Latin America in a way that …
Asylum-seeker from Nicaragua credits new home in Iowa to prayers
… … Catholic News Service … Darwin Josue Mejía Montoya could have been shot during protests in Nicaragua last year. He also could still be languishing in a detention center in Arizona, after … to happen, I would be all right." The youngest of six children, Montoya grew up in Boaco, Nicaragua. His parish is Parroquia de Santiago Apostol (Parish of St. James the Apostle) — where … said of his church's sister parish. "I met both Padre Sergio and Darwin when I first visited Nicaragua in January of 2016." Montoya would join Friedrichsen and Sergio on some of their day …
Copy Desk Daily, April 18, 2019
… in real and surreal ways in my life": Not too tidy: joy and holiness Asylum-seeker from Nicaragua credits new home in Iowa to prayers : Darwin Josue Mejía Montoya escaped the threat of violence in Nicaragua and is one of a few to be granted U.S. asylum. Lovers of the Holy Cross sisters draw …
Nicaraguan bishop to leave for Rome as threats against him increase
… would travel to Rome — at the request of Pope Francis — after finishing Easter celebrations in Nicaragua, which has convulsed with violence for more than a year. Police and paramilitaries … time. I carry in my heart of a pastor the joy and sadness, the pain and hopes of the people of Nicaragua. Thank you all for your love!" Báez tweeted April 10. "I can tell you with total … 300 in 2018, and they accused police and paramilitaries of using lethal force on protesters. Nicaragua's Catholic Church has attended to injured protesters and lent spiritual support to …
Bishops' migration chair urges House pass new bill to protect 'Dreamers'
… end temporary protected status for foreign nationals from several countries — El Salvador, Nicaragua, Haiti, South Sudan, Honduras and Nepal — living in the U.S., saying conditions in …
Catholic immigration network urges temporary protected status for Venezuela
… reported March 7 that a federal judge extended the status last week for people from Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti and El Salvador. NBC also reported that a group of 24 senators asked President …
Bishop urges Congress to pass protections for Dreamers, temporary protected status holders
… that it was extending temporary protected status for foreign nationals from El Salvador, Nicaragua, Haiti and Sudan until Jan. 2, 2020. The notice, published in the Federal Register … the temporary protected status designations for many countries, including Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador, has concerned the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The possibility …
Many migrants surprised to find long wait to apply for asylum in U.S.
… given pink bracelets with the numbers 7,332, 7,333 and 7,334. A pair of asylum-seekers from Nicaragua arrived after them, along with a family from Mexico's southern Guerrero state, where …
Nicaraguan bishops say they have not been invited to national dialogue
… to intensify their prayer and fasting for our homeland." Dialogue has proved difficult in Nicaragua as President Daniel Ortega has stubbornly clung to power and rebuffed proposed … in an attempt to find a solution, but talks broke down within months. The death toll in Nicaragua topped 300 in 2018, according to international human rights groups. Amnesty …
Temporary protected status extended for nationals from four countries
… notice that it is extending temporary protected status for foreign nationals from El Salvador, Nicaragua, Haiti and Sudan until Jan. 2, 2020. The notice, published in the Federal Register … court case in California challenged the Department of Homeland Security orders on El Salvador, Nicaragua, Haiti and Sudan, on grounds that the situation in each of the four nations had not …
When unaccompanied minors turn 18, living options shift
… Ahmad, flying to Brazil and then passing through Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico, before reaching the U.S. months later. Perhaps the …
US military needs to stay out of Venezuela
… America to protect our banana republics. This included the dictatorial Somoza family in Nicaragua. Of dictator Anastasio Somoza, President Franklin Roosevelt allegedly said : "Somoza … At the same time, Reagan unleashed a war against the revolutionary Sandinista government in Nicaragua by training and arming counterrevolutionaries called the Contras. This is only a …
Pope lifts suspension imposed on Nicaraguan priest 34 years ago
… government. In a statement Feb. 18, Archbishop Waldemar Sommertag, the Vatican nuncio in Nicaragua, said Francis had "granted with benevolence the absolution of all canonical censures" … as a priest of the Catholic Church, to which he agreed joyfully." When John Paul visited Nicaragua in 1983, Cardenal greeted him by dropping to one knee and attempting to kiss his ring. …
Francis tells Central American bishops to emulate Romero
… the regional conference representing Panama, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, the pontiff also told the prelates to stand with migrants, saying the church cannot be …
Without a voice at home, Nicaraguans ask Washington-based OAS for help
… array of officials from the three American continents Jan. 11 were weighing "the situation in Nicaragua." She made the trek from her home in the Miami-Dade area to Washington, she told … News Service, to show support for the Catholic clergy in the Central American nation of Nicaragua. Her native country has, for almost a year, been undergoing a crisis involving a … that it has forgotten that sovereignty is rooted in the people." Referencing the OAS meeting, Nicaragua's Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes said to online news site Confidencial in early January that …
Maryknoll missioners learn how other cultures live the Gospel
… a career in counseling. Thirty years ago, she was involved in a short-term health project in Nicaragua. That planted a seed, she said. "My kids are landed. It's time for me to do my thing," …
Woman dumps acid on priest hearing confessions in Managua
… term form for Nicaraguan Vice President Rosario Murillo, Ortega's wife. The conflict in Nicaragua initially erupted over an attempt to reform the country's social security institute, …
Friars and nuns from Brazil bring food, prayer to LA's Skid Row
… live and recover. From this, the order spread to 12 countries, including Paraguay, Argentina, Nicaragua, El Salvador, France and Canada. In 2012, the first members arrived in Kansas City, …
Pope recognizes martyrdom of U.S. Christian Brother
… of the Christian Brothers of the Midwest shows him wearing overalls. In 1969, he was sent to Nicaragua, where he taught and helped build schools. According to the De La Salle Brother's website, "His religious superiors ordered him to leave Nicaragua in July 1979 during the time of the Sandinista revolution. It was feared that since he …