Sr. Maria E. Mendez Ochoa shares the experience of Sr. Oliva Olivares as she leaves water for migrants crossing the desert through Sásabe, Arizona, the border between Mexico and the U.S.
The Office of Development and Comprehensive Health for Religious Women in Mexico seeks to address the needs of older religious women, with medical care, geriatric equipment and psychological support.
Ecuador is under the spotlight of the international press because of recent violence linked to drug trafficking. Sr. Maritza Rolón Cevallos talks to GSR about how she confronts this crisis through her prison ministry.
Leaders of migrant shelters in Tijuana say they are enduring violence and organized crime. One director, a Catholic sister, told GSR her shelter had to change its facilities and "close everything" to keep migrants safe.
Sr. Dora Estela Tupil May connects her Christian spirituality with that of her Mayan ancestors, expressed in the Heart of Heaven and the Heart of the Earth.
In the midst of fear, uncertainty and persecution under a nefarious dictatorship, we try to continue to announce, with our lives, the presence of Jesus, who is also a witness of this very harsh reality.
The only way to achieve a good and truly human life in a place like the Andes mountains, far from the cities that have more resources, is the support and protection of the community.
The Latin American sisters' encounter with Pope Francis transformed my life, just as the encounter with Jesus did for Peter, James and John on Mount Tabor on the day of the Lord's transfiguration.
Sometimes, in religious life, we feel discouragement, fear, and insecurity about the future. But Sarah, Elizabeth and the prophetess Anna, old women with barren "wombs," are signs of hope for religious life today, centuries later.
The Nicaraguan church is living in an apocalyptic time of constant struggle and resistance to keep our faith and convictions alive and strong. Yet we continue to trust and believe that we are not alone.