Sciano had not planned to enter religious life. She wanted to be a lawyer, specifically one who works with needy families. And then there was the matter of a boy she met at the retreat.
Panelists at the 22nd Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference painted a picture of migrants consumed by fear and a legal community seeking to defend them, but suffering from a lack of resources.
Sr. Justicia Nekesa said girls' education is not a priority for most parents, and young brides are weighed down by poverty as they solely depend on their polygamous husbands for support.
A 17th-century monastery in northern Italy where recently canonized St. Carlo Acutis received his first Communion was in ruins after a massive fire ravaged the historic building.
Xavier was established in 1925 by St. Katharine Drexel on the financial strength of the multimillion-dollar inheritance she received from her Philadelphia father's banking estate. Stories are legendary about how the socially conscious heiress — a slight but energetic nun who overcame the hostility and indifference of society and the church — established an amazing network of schools, churches and missions specifically for Blacks and Native Americans.
"[We are] sort of like the watch guards of what's really going on because the nation's people sometimes just want to paint a beautiful picture about what's happening," said Sr. Durstyne "Dusty" Farnan.
"I am convinced that the preferential choice for the poor is a source of extraordinary renewal both for the church and for society," the pope wrote in Dilexi Te.
Among India's 28 states, only Karnataka employs cured leprosy patients. Congregations have been working with the state government to treat, rehabilitate, educate and ensure jobs for them, giving them dignified lives.
