A Nicaraguan judge described the Jesuit university as a “center of terrorism,” accusing its administrators and educators of “betraying the trust of the Nicaraguan people” and of “transgressing against the constitutional order.”
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‘Mother Teresa of Honduras’: ‘With this Light’ profiles nun’s 70 years of ministry
“She was so inspiring, but she was also so human. She’d get herself in trouble, and she knew it,” co-director Nicole Bernardi-Reis said of Sister María Rosa Leggol in an interview with America.
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Archbishop calls for canonizations and transfiguration in El Salvador
Sadly, the church of El Salvador can offer any number of priests, men and women religious and lay people to choose from to hold up as modern exemplars of Christian self-sacrifice.
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Jesuit university’s accounts frozen in Nicaragua
Nicaragua appears to have frozen the bank accounts of the country’s Jesuit university, marking yet another attack on the Catholic Church.
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USCCB’s international policy chair urges imprisoned Nicaraguan bishop’s release
Nicaraguans overwhelmingly disapprove of the conviction and imprisonment of Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa, according to a survey in the increasingly repressing Central American country, where the Sandinista regime continues cracking down on the Catholic Church.
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Pope Francis appoints Archbishop Victor Manuel Fernandez as the new head of Vatican office for doctrine
In a surprise move, Pope Francis has appointed the Argentine theologian and archbishop Victor Manuel Fernández as the new prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.
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New research reveals Argentine bishops knew the military junta was ‘disappearing’ people and chose not to speak out publicly
The Argentine bishops knew for certain as early as 1979 that it was the military junta’s official policy to “disappear” people in order to quash opposition. The Vatican urged the bishops’ conference to intervene using all possible means.
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Catholic leaders offer prayers, express outrage after 46 die in Honduras women’s prison massacre
Catholics in Honduras prayed for the victims of a horrific massacre in a women’s prison—an attack underscoring the power of the country’s criminal gangs and their control over correctional facilities.
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In Latin America, eco-spirituality drives a Christian fight against mining interests
While religious groups have been at the forefront of the movement to divest from fossil fuels, the campaign to divest from mining is moving more slowly.
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Pope Francis: ‘I did what I felt I had to do’ during Argentina’s Dirty War
Allegations periodically have surfaced that then-Father Bergoglio either failed to protect Fathers Jálics and Yorio or even that he facilitated their kidnapping.