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A longtime associate of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and a two-time presidential candidate, Jackson forged enduring alliances with Catholic priests, sisters and lay activists who marched, prayed and strategized alongside him in the struggle for racial and economic justice.

As illegal mining spreads through abandoned shafts in South Africa, Catholic religious women risk their lives to rescue girls coerced into sex and early marriages in communities the state struggles to protect.

Hortensia López Almán fue presionada —víctima de abuso de autoridad— para dejar la vida religiosa tras 20 años como carmelita descalza en España. Salió sin trabajo, sin recursos y en depresión, abandonada por aquellos en quienes confiaba. "Es como que te arrancaran la piel", dice. En 2023 fundó Extramuros para acompañar en su vida civil a quienes como ella —hombres y mujeres— fueron obligados a abandonar la vida consagrada. "No estamos en contra de la Iglesia", aclara. 

Servant of God Thea Bowman was a beacon for the Church to embrace more authentically the essence of what it means to be Catholic, Bishop Joseph Kopacz told Massgoers at the Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle in Jackson.
 

Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth say CoreCivic has a record of not treating immigrants with dignity. 

Across northern and eastern Kenya, prolonged droughts have stretched for years, and communities are forced to move constantly in search of water and pasture. For pregnant women, the consequences are severe.

After 20 years as a Discalced Carmelite in Spain, Hortensia López Almán felt abandoned after she was forced to leave. She went on to start Asociación Extramuros to accompany women and men in similar circumstances.

The Jackson Diocese will formally close the first phase of Bowman's canonization process in February, marking the beginning of the Roman phase.