The Missionaries of Charity congregation has agreed to resume its service of offering children for adoption. The congregation founded by St. Teresa of Kolkata, commonly known as Mother Teresa, had discontinued giving babies from their orphanages for adoption in October 2015 after disagreeing with a new federal law that allowed single and divorced woman to adopt children.

From National Catholic Reporter - Trump's trade war has not dented farmer support for him in Iowa, a stop for the 2018 Nuns on the Bus. Meanwhile, outside rural corners, issues like health care and tax cuts are factoring into Iowa's 1st District race.

NCR Preview: Last week, Sr. Carol Keehan announced her retirement as president and CEO of the Catholic Health Association, effective June 30, 2019. There can be no real replacing of Sister Carol.

GSR Today - After the Oct. 27 massacre of 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue, communities of Catholic women religious call for an end to hateful rhetoric and for better control of firearms.

I just wanted to teach music, but chronic disease drew me to a different ministry. Forty-three years ago, MS also became a part of my life, as a roller-coaster, a threat, a shadow, a constant challenge calling me to adapt, to be brave, to fight back, to refuse to give up and give in silencing the music. 

Nuns on the Bus - After four weeks, 21 states and 54 events, the Nuns on the Bus finished their journey Nov. 2 with a "Fiesta for the Common Good" after a visit to Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump's private golf club and resort in Palm Beach, Florida. Ursuline Sr. Michele Morek, who joined the bus on its first and last legs, discusses her favorite parts of the trip and what she'll always remember from the road.

Read all of GSR's Nuns on the Bus coverage.

Horizons - As I pray with this All Souls' Day morning Scripture for the people killed in our country this week, an image arises in my heart. I imagine an enormous, sustained embrace in heaven. At the center, God is pulling our dear departed brothers and sisters close, holding them to God's eternal heart of love.

Tax Justice Truth Tour -  In our town halls, we nuns on the bus gave the alarming news about the tax bill's effect on the national debt: $1.9 trillion. What does that really mean? The Network staff figured it up: If you spent $1 per second, it would take you about 60,300 years to spend $1.9 trillion.

Before 1875, hospitals were places people went to die. They were places of last resort since cures didn't happen there, and options for saving lives didn't exist. But a number of advancements in healthcare around the turn of the century changed all that. After 1875, the number of hospitals in the USA grew from 170 to more than 7,000. During that timeframe, it became clear that professionally trained administrators were needed to run hospitals.

Mariposa Ministries is a collection of five women who live together under one roof with the support of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary. Living alongside Delphine Busch, an associate member of the Holy Names congregation, four refugees find support in a family environment after long journeys of tribulation.