The youngest of eight children, Diane DeBernardo was at World Youth Day in Poland this year. Her travels often intersect with her faith.

Sister Marinus, an Indian woman religious whose order is devoted to aiding "the poorest of the poor," is a firm believer that God's presence and love are powerful tools in her daily effort to save the souls of people in need. Headquartered in Coronado, Costa Rica, about 15 miles northeast of the nation's capital of San José, Sister Marinus leads the humanitarian work she and 11 other sisters of Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity undertake in Costa Rica.

"The water bubbles up like from a trumpet flower trying to wash all with hope."

GSR Today - Rahab's Heart is an interfaith ministry that reaches out, without judgement, to people in Toledo, Ohio, who are prostitutes. A former sex worker, LeeAnn Campbell, started the ministry with Ursuline Sr. Sandy Sherman.

Sisters of Charity of Nazareth Sr. Paula Merrill, a member of the congregation since 1979, was found murdered Aug. 25 along with Sr. Margaret Held, a member of the School Sisters of St. Francis in Milwaukee, in the home they shared in Durant, Mississippi. The Mississippi Department of Public Safety announced late Aug. 26 that Rodney Earl Sanders, 46, of Kosciusko, Mississippi, had been charged with two counts of capital murder in connection with the deaths.

They came from all around to celebrate the birthday of Blessed Teresa of Kolkata, the founder of the Missionaries of Charity who will be become a saint Sept. 4.

GSR Today - History's judgment can be harsh. So how will future generations look back on us and what we did — or, more to the point, didn't do — for the millions of refugees from Syria?

First Person - There has never been a question about whether Mother Teresa would become a saint. On Sept. 4, Pope Francis will make Mother Teresa a saint at a ceremony at the Vatican. Hundreds of thousands from all corners of the world are expected to attend.

"If nobody had these weapons, nobody would want them. Nobody would need them."