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Above: Sister Mary Alanz holds an infant in the waiting room at Hope Health Center in Tijuana, Mexico, April 26. The clinic, which serves residents living near a city garbage dump, is run by the Servants of St. Margaret Mary of the Poor. The order carries on the health care mission of its co-founder, Mother Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala, beatified by Pope John Paul II April 25. The sisters work in Mexico, Peru, Iceland, Greece and Italy. Left: Pope John Paul II beatified Mother Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala April 25 during a Vatican ceremony. In 1901 she co-founded the order Servants of St. Margaret Mary and the Poor in the Mexican state of Jalisco. The order is dedicated to serving the poor and the sick.
After beatification, memories abound of Mexican nun who helped poor By Jason Lange Catholic News Service MEXICO CITY — Well into her 80s and confined to a wheelchair, Mother Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala worked long hours at the hospital she helped found. For those who knew her, the recently beatified nun is remembered for her tireless dedication and strictness. “Even as an old lady, she moved around in a wheelchair all day to make sure the hospital was being run right,” said Mother Maria del Rosario Placito, a friend for 15 years of Mother Garcia, known in Mexico as Madre Lupita.
For those who never met Madre Lupita, the stories of her devotion are accompanied with growing accounts of miracles. Every day in a room at Guadalajara’s St. Margaret Hospital — which Madre Lupita helped found and where she lived until her death in 1963 — people leave notes, photographs or even locks of hair in thanks for the many miracles attributed to her. Pope John Paul II beatified Madre Lupita April 25 after recognizing the miraculous cure of severe pancreatitis in a Chicago truck driver who had prayed for Madre MEXICAN NUN, page 8 Lupita’s intercession.
Military archbishop, chaplains criticize abuse of Iraqi prisoners By Agostino Bono Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The abuse of Iraqi prisoners of war by U.S. military personnel must be “condemned without equivocation,” and “we must bring to justice those responsible,” said Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, head of the U.S. Catholic Archdiocese for the Military Services. He called “outrageous” the abuses which first came to light in photographs presented April 28 on CBS’ “60 Minutes II” showing U.S. military personnel abusing and humiliating Iraqi prisoners. Agreeing were two chaplains scheduled to become auxiliary bishops of the military archdiocese in July. All three said the abuses go against what the U.S.
military stands for and the actions of the vast majority of the members of the U.S. armed forces. “The military is no place for Rambos. We have to weed them out,” said Bishop-designate Richard B. Higgins, an Air Force chaplain since 1974. He was referring to a fictional movie character named Rambo, played by actor Sylvester Stallone, who is a Vietnam War veteran and a loner who constantly goes off on vendettas. Bishop-designate Joseph W. Estabrook, a Navy chaplain since 1977, said the abuses show the need for military chaplains because they can provide moral guidelines for military people having to act in complex and stressful situations. IRAQI PRISONERS, page 8
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