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As criminal organizations extend their control over Haiti, kidnappings have continued to terrorize the country’s residents, with Catholic priests and other missionaries becoming some of the most common targets.

The nun stood in front of a group of young students at a Lebanese Christian school and asked them to pray for the "men of the resistance" in southern Lebanon who she said were defending the country.

En Sierra Leona, María Tu Sesay y Amara Sahr Kemba han encontrado la reconciliación después de la guerra civil que finalizó en 2022 y duró 11 años. Sobreviviente y exsoldado, respectivamente, han logrado perdonarse y superar el pasado. Con el apoyo de religiosas católicas, víctimas y responsables del conflicto buscan sanar heridas emocionales y espirituales, y encontrar esperanza en medio del dolor.

Operated by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul for more than 10 years, Give Me a Chance addresses a wide spectrum of needs in Ogden, a town with a 12% poverty rate where many struggle to afford essentials.

Sr. Mary Roger Thibodeaux, a veteran member of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament and a leading Catholic light of the 20th-century Black freedom struggle, has died in Pennsylvania. 

"Cachita" is etched in tattoos, street murals, cartoons and other artwork on the island. She is revered in makeshift home altars, songs — and at her shrine some 500 miles (805 kilometers) east of Havana.

At the DREAM Center in Nairobi, Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, staff and community health volunteers offer holistic care, testing, education and treatment services for people living with HIV/AIDS.

"It's happening everywhere. It can happen to anyone," Maryknoll Sr. Abby Avelino, international coordinator of Talitha Kum, said during an online panel. "Everybody has a role to play to combat human trafficking."