During her formation years with the Franciscan Sisters of St. Ann, Ogutu felt a deep and almost instinctive connection to the congregation's ministry among persons with disabilities.
The nuns manage an 80-bed facility that prioritizes the local Indigenous Garo population, giving advanced medical care to avoid long-distance travel and economic hardship. The facility is usually fully occupied.
By recognizing that only love sustains the universe, our lives can truly hold on to the word of life, returning to Caesar his divisions and illuminating our surroundings with the light of the kingdom.
'I was a shadow of my former self,' recalls one trafficking survivor, who is now rebuilding her life with psychological and social support from a shelter run by Nigerian sisters.
'Collective of survivors of gender-based violence' has become the identity statement of the business three nuns started in India, where they once campaigned against Bishop Franco Mulakkal, accused of rape.
'I hope we'll see a little bit of a slowing down in the pace, but other than that, I'll be surprised if there were any change in the velocity of the change in personnel' at the Vatican, Fr. Arthur Purcaro said.
Created by Chicago Catholic priests, religious sisters and brothers, 'The Immigrant Crosses' installation is a traveling memorial to people who have died in U.S. immigration custody or during enforcement operations.
Pope Leo XIV continues to recover from surgery to remove a tumor in his lung, the Vatican said, but no further details about tests to determine the status of his cancer were provided.
Before the war with Iran, the world was moving to green energy because it was cheaper. Now it is a stampede, impelled by both economics and national security.
The new Pope Leo Sustainability Medal, created by Villanova University, puts a spotlight not just on its inaugural recipient but on how Leo has situated environmental concern for the church during his papacy so far.
An unborn child deserves protection, a Catholic professor told Texas Senate candidate James Talarico. 'We are to protect that life at all cost,' she said. But does that stance ignore the principle of double effect?
There is beauty in the fact that we do not serve a God who grants us wishes like a genie, writes Alli Bobzien. Our God is wild and free.
Papal messages have stressed the message of Vatican II's Ad Gentes: 'The pilgrim Church is missionary by her very nature,' writes Maryknoll Fr. James H. Kroeger.
St. Bonaventure's characterization of St. Francis' ecological piety highlights virtue of kinship.
Actions to safeguard voting are 'rooted in the belief that everyone who can vote should feel safe to do so, and that every vote should count, because we believe that democracy is sacred,' said one advocate.