National Catholic Register

Panama’s Cardinal Lacunza Apologizes For His Disappearance: ‘It Was a Stupid Prank’

Cardinal José Luis Lacunza, the bishop of the Diocese of David in Panama, apologized Feb. 4 at the end of the Sunday Mass at St. Joseph Cathedral in David after having been missing for two days but ...
National Catholic Register

Pope Francis Accepts Resignation of Panamanian Cardinal Who Went Missing

The appointment occurs a few days before Cardinal Lacunza turns 80 on Feb. 24, the day on which he will cease to be an elector in a possible conclave to elect Pope Francis’ successor should he die or ...
National Catholic Reporter

Panama bus deaths offer tragic reminder of perils migrants face traveling toward U.S. border

Pope Francis has expressed sorrow for the victims of a bus crash in Panama, which claimed the lives of 39 migrants transiting the Central American country. In a Feb. 16 telegram to Cardinal José Luis ...
The World

U.S. girl rescued from Panama plane crash

DAVID, Panama — The sole survivor of a plane crash was reunited with her family Wednesday after rescue workers trekked for five hours to carry the 12-year-old American girl out of a remote mountain ...
Catholic News Agency

Pope Francis accepts resignation of Panamanian cardinal who went missing

The Vatican Press Office reported Feb. 15 that Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Cardinal José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán as bishop of the Diocese of David in Panama, two weeks after his ...