"Truth becomes an action word in Jesus where we see a God who shows love through healing and teaching, inclusion, forgiveness, nonviolence and faithfulness. When we experience these qualities in ourselves or others, we experience God. This is my standard for knowing truth.  When I see God, I see truth."

GSR Today - The Dilley Pro Bono Project files a lawsuit challenging a new Immigration and Customs Enforcement policy that restricts legal services. Meanwhile, Guatemalan mine opponents win a legal victory in Canada.

I've been struggling with the concept of truth for some time now. And in today's political climate, I'm not the only one.

New Delhi - For 12 years, Franciscan Clarist Sr. Celine Arikkat has helped cycle-rickshaw taxi drivers ply their trade with dignity and civility, including freeing them from the vehicle rent that ate up their earnings.

"Child labor and poverty are inevitably bound together, and if you continue to use the labor of children as the treatment for the social disease of poverty, you will have both poverty and child labor to the end of time."

At the Catholic Theological Society of America convention, Mercy Sr. Margaret Farley received an award for her liberating action on behalf of women in the church.

Goodbyes are rarely easy. As a child, I had difficulty in leaving places and people I liked. As an adult, I know the familiar feeling of gratitude swelling in my heart and tears welling up behind my eyes when it comes time to part ways with those I love or to end an experience that has been enriching.

See for Yourself - I happened to stop in a Catholic religious goods store at the very time a going-out-of-business sale was underway. A statue caught my eye, with imagery that awed me.

"We can't let go of that string of hope."