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by Chris Herlinger

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February 19, 2018
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  • Read more about Presidents Day takes place amid US struggles with division, identity

U.S. sisters at the U.N. spoke with GSR about their challenges as Americans serving on a global stage during the Trump administration. Sisters sympathize with Americans who are soul searching during this time of deep division. Some suggest that such questions of identity may benefit the U.S. in the long term.

by Joachim Pham

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February 19, 2018
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  • Read more about Before Tet festival, sisters train Vietnamese to avoid unsafe food

Hue City, Vietnam - During the Tet or Lunar New Year, revelers consume a bewildering variety of food. Amid the frenzy of activity, food contamination can be a serious threat. The Daughters of Mary Immaculate have chosen the time leading up to the holiday to educate people, especially those who are ill or with limited resources, to avoid the risks of food poisoning.

by Maria Benevento

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February 19, 2018
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  • Read more about Immigration advocates hold on to hope after Senate DACA failure

Catholic leaders have decried the Senate's rejection of compromise legislation to protect young immigrants brought to the United States as children, and the role that the Trump administration played in discouraging consensus.

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"The empty spaces remind us of the lessons many of us spend our lives learning — no one is perfect; you don't need to be perfect to be loved; there's grace in empty spaces; God fills us when nothing else can or will."

This story appears in the Lent feature series. View the full series.

by NCR Staff

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February 16, 2018
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  • Read more about NCR Podcast: Contemplation for Lent

In Conversation - Global Sisters Report columnist Sr. Nancy Sylvester explains contemplation and leads listeners through the setup for a regular meditative practice.

This story appears in the See for Yourself feature series. View the full series.

by Nancy Linenkugel

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  • Read more about Pants on fire

See for Yourself - On an investigative crime program I was watching recently, one of the detectives said, "The creep is lying through his teeth. It's so obvious. I have no doubts about his guilt."

This story appears in the Lent feature series. View the full series.

by Colleen Gibson

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February 16, 2018
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  • Read more about Lent: missing pieces, finding fullness

When we take a loving look at our lives, what might benefit us more: filling the hole in our life, or being in the hole with God?

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"Who today is lying by the side of the road in need of our help? Who has been forgotten or marginalized or denigrated or despised? Who are those people we are called as a ministry of the church to care for?"

by Christine Schenk

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February 15, 2018
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  • Read more about Heart-sharing illumines God's great love

Sometimes I need to be reminded that, current political debacles aside, the whole world isn't going to hell in a hand basket. What we do (and usually take for granted) is a powerful witness for what sisters are all about.

by Dan Stockman

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  • Read more about St. Katharine Drexel's order advances property sale plan

The Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, the order begun by St. Katharine Drexel 127 years ago, may have found a buyer for its 44-acre motherhouse property outside Philadelphia.

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