Sr. Sandra Amado, a Comboni sister from Brazil, teaches a class in 2012 at a teacher training institute in Yambio, South Sudan. A late-December attack on religious sisters at the training institute in South Sudan has shaken and saddened the church, a church leader said. (CNS photo / Paul Jeffrey)
by GSR Staff
May 23, 2016
"To be open to a genuine encounter with others, 'a kind look' is essential. . . . A kind look helps us to see beyond our own limitations, to be patient and to cooperate with others, despite our differences."
- Pope Francis, from paragraph 100 of Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love), apostolic exhortation following the Synod of Bishops on the Family, released April 8, 2016