"Women and children are suffering the most from the war," says a nun based in Goma, Congo. "They are subjected to rape, and their dignity is being eroded, with little they can do because the perpetrators are armed."
"Women and children are suffering the most from the war," says a nun based in Goma, Congo. "They are subjected to rape, and their dignity is being eroded, with little they can do because the perpetrators are armed."
The nuns are unsure how many women they have helped at St. Euphrasia's Safe Home, but a senior worker there said at least 25 women are in the house on any given day.
"These incidents are clear indications that we need a lot of precaution before doing any missionary work, unlike in the past when we could do it fearlessly," said Sr. Jaisa Antony.
Las hermanas agustinas que conocieron a monseñor Robert Prevost Martínez desde sus días de misionero en Perú comparten historias del ahora papa León XIV: su humildad, su pasión por los pobres y los emotivos momentos que ahora atesoran. "Tenía el deseo de poder estar cerca de los más pobres y vivir también esa experiencia como un don y una responsabilidad… he visto como él ha sido muy acogedor con la gente más sencilla. Y eso ha sido un signo", manifestó una de las religiosas.
Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, is now known to be of African ancestry, part of a growing picture Americans are forming of the new supreme pontiff.
Augustinians around the world are remembering fellow Augustinian Fr. Robert Prevost, who was elected as pontiff on May 8 by 133 cardinals after four votes.
"He has shared meals with us, celebrated with us, accompanied us, encouraged us, and that is moving for us, because he has done so in his simplicity, with trust, with prayer," one sister said.
