See for Yourself - "If you show them love, they'll run their hearts out for you," so shared an unlikely horse expert. Unlikely only because I wasn't expecting one of the banquet servers to tell me about the horse track.

I was born into security and opportunity, but many others emerged into a world of poverty and barriers. On this, my 31st birthday, I pray that each of us does what we can to make the world better for all.

"Each of us was baptized to share in Christ's prophetic ministry. That means we need to stop and ask ourselves if we are willing to step into the space where the way of the world contradicts the Gospel and say, 'It doesn’t have to be this way.' "

Though we started with a somber presentation, as the day progressed, we moved to celebrate a rich abundance of life in many manifestations. And on our last night in Darién, we were caught up in the cosmic dance.

From A Nun's Life podcasts - What are some unexpected things you've learned about prayer? In this Random Nun Clip, we're with the Sisters of the Humility of Mary on a Motherhouse Road Trip to Villa Maria, Pennsylvania. 

For the past five years, Sr. Mary Do Thi Thuy of the Daughters of Mary Immaculate has quietly brought health care to hundreds of villagers with HIV in the Chinh Ly Commune of Ha Nam Province, northern Vietnam.

Right after Mother's Day, I received shocking news. My sister, Ginny, my only sibling, was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. Only 71 years old; this seemed unbelievable. Grief seeped through me.

"Evolution requires trust in the process of life itself because, from a faith perspective, there is a power at the heart of life that is divine and lovable."

National Geographic Emerging Explorer Ricardo Moreno is a man in a race against time. The Panamanian biologist's great love is the biggest cat in the Americas, the jaguar, which is being extinguished at a precipitous rate in Panama.

"By reading the scriptures I am so renewed that all nature seems renewed around me and with me. The sky seems to be a pure, a cooler blue, the trees a deeper green. The whole world is charged with the glory of God and I feel fire and music under my feet."