As global aid declines, Catholic sisters offer a powerful lesson in sustainable development: Lasting change is built on trust, local leadership, and the people who remain long after funding ends.
Horizons - A children's home in the Andes excels at sheltering, caring for, welcoming, loving and forming bonds. These verbs take on a concrete, real meaning there, because they are not only heard but also seen and felt.
The synodality of walking together is an ancient image in the church as a community on a pilgrimage, listening to every voice in and around and within us.
On this Sunday, the word of God draws attention to the consistency between thought, word and action; indeed, the readings highlight the value of justice, mercy and the capacity for personal conversion.
Horizons - As a religious sister, I'm not a traditional parishioner. But while I may not have a parish home in the way I once knew, I do have many "homes" that are places of prayer.
Gen Z youth are similar to St. Francis of Assisi: Both call for moral integrity and institutional reform. Can the pope and the Vatican "walk the talk" by fully integrating women into the church and rejecting material wealth?
We have forgotten, or perhaps never really knew, the struggle for the right to vote that was sparked in 1848. As we prepare for this year's midterm elections in the U.S., the work is not finished.
Theologians' Corner - Jesus wants us to know that the kingdom of God doesn't judge us by our abilities or inabilities, our production or our lack thereof. God judges us worthy of everything simply for existing.
