"If we live our lives now as if we're connected to that bigger picture of religious life," she said, "It's going to grow into something that's helpful for the wider community for years to come."
Dublin-born Mercy Sr. Mary Killeen has spent nearly five decades transforming lives in one of Kenya's most impoverished corners. Her story is a tapestry of faith, grit and relentless service — a testament to the power of small acts done with great love.
The new foreign agents law in El Salvador is "a copy of the one in Nicaragua with the same objectives of social control and control of criticism against human rights abuses," said one political analyst.
Activists are fighting a copper mine planned for a site sacred to Apache people. "Religious freedom for Christians looks one way right now, and religious freedom for Native Americans another," said a Loretto Community co-member.
"We cannot preach peace while people are bleeding and starving," an Oblate sister in Goma told Global Sisters Report. Congolese Catholics pleaded for help amid ongoing violence.
For decades, Nigeria has remained in the news for being a source, transit and destination country for human trafficking. Sr. Ebegbulem spoke to GSR about her work and passion for fighting human trafficking in the country.
The Life - Whether through encouragement, laughter or simply walking beside us, some friends sustain our faith and remind us we are never alone. Our sister panelists reflect on encountering the presence of God in friendship.
Catholic nuns in northern Mozambique are risking their lives to serve the thousands displaced by an Islamist insurgency that has ravaged the region for nearly eight years.
