My many train rides across Ukraine were filled with air sirens and bombings in the distance. So many people wanted to share their stories, while others were not able to. I could see much pain in their eyes.
Consecrated persons in Uganda have teamed up with Jesuit Refugee Service to advocate, listen and respond to the cry of urban refugees in Kampala, with assistance that includes education and child care.
Women should refuse to do the lion's share of support work in the church while men accept the credit. Men in the church need to be forced to open their eyes, minds and hearts and acknowledge the equality of women on every level.
Now that the elections are over in the Philippines, history may repeat itself. There is anxiety for those who have lived through martial law. Yet life has to go on with the hope that the truth will set us free.
Horizons - We can no longer distance ourselves from the sin of racism that pervades our entire lives. We cannot allow fear to soften our response to the racist ideologies threatening to take over our country.
I was adamant — I was in no way like Judas! But when I decided to be completely honest with myself, I realized I am more like him than I care to admit.
What helps adapt to a new culture? What hinders involvement with the new? I am not a psychologist, sociologist or any other "-ologist," but I do have my life experience and information from others.
A course on safeguarding minors and vulnerable adults made me deeply appreciate the safety I and others have enjoyed. Not all children today can say the same.
As in the life of our foundress, Blessed Mary of the Passion, each event of my life was sent by God's love for a special reason. God chooses each of us to be his instrument of love and service in a particular way.
Each day, think about a moment you know you are loved by God. You might find that it brings a few minutes of peace and reflection to an otherwise busy and sometimes chaotic day.
I told myself that all adversities, inconveniences and insecurities of life are to be entrusted to God. By the power of God, I was strengthened to adjust, adapt and integrate into this new environment.
With belief comes the gift of the Holy Spirit, and with this Jesus gives us the power to forgive. The ease with which we forgive shows that we are indeed people of resurrection.
Womanhood is a gift to humanity. Women of the world give life to others with love, sacrifice and commitment, no matter where they live and what they do. They are an embodiment of God's love for others.
Philippines' presidential candidate Leni Robredo is a leader who advocates change without making false promises. If our Lord Jesus could vote on May 9, I believe that he would make a radical and a liberating choice.
Life isn't a Google Map. We can't always pick the fastest route or avoid highways and tolls. My spiritual journey can't be plotted out. Detours and diversions, construction and congestion are part of the deal.
In Chad we are living under a strict police state, with violations of human rights and freedoms. Economic and social affairs are in chaos. But the church's work in Chad, including our mission as sisters, offers hope.
The effort to be legally, ethically, politically, culturally, religiously and spiritually correct — and, if possible, all at the same time — is challenging. But it's the just thing to do.
The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano's eruption in Tonga recalls Matthew's Gospel account of darkness and sounds of an earthquake the day Jesus was crucified.
Horizons – A parish priest in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu has been washing the feet of the marginalized for nearly three decades before Pope Francis decreed that women's feet could be washed on Holy Thursday.
