The Comboni sisters in the West Bank try to create the kind of connection symbolized by Jesus' life, with a persistent belief that, as Sr. Mariolina Cattaneo said, "if you build a wall, we find a solution."
Nigeria's Benue State has been torn by the farmer-herder crisis, and farming communities have endured brutal attacks. In the Makurdi Diocese, Fr. Remigius Ihyula and Sr. Mary Ojonugwa Unwuchola care for traumatized survivors.
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.
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.
Sr. Mary Lilly Driciru has been sustainably building peace, harmony and development in rural African communities in Northern Uganda. She hopes support for this effort spreads throughout the entire country.
Where a baby happens to be born should not determine his or her access to safe, clean conditions to come into the world. Every birth, every baby, is a miracle from God, and we should treat it as such.
