What's love got to do with it? Everything. In the midst of a vitriolic and divisive political season, we might forget. But love is the beating heart of the Christian life. God's been reminding me lately, calling me back to this central truth of our faith, in ways gentle and sometimes overt.

" . . . . With sweet and scarless sky stir in my ears, speak there of God’s love, O live air, of patience, penance, prayer: World-mothering air, air wild, wound with thee, in thee isled, fold home, fast fold thy child."

From The Field Hospital: Sisters' welcome center in Philadelphia teaches newcomers English, guides them through the byzantine naturalization process, and forms 'a real community.'

As climate change wreaks havoc on rural Africa, sisters are adapting their programs to encourage environmental protection. Four sisters speak about how their congregations are discovering ways to adapt to the new need for being green.

See for Yourself - We arrived at the same time and walked together to the entrance portico. The door wasn't yet unlocked so we had a few minutes to chat.

"For our struggle is not with flesh and blood but with the principalities, with the powers, with the world rulers of this present darkness, with the evil spirits in the heavens."

Thanks to a new $240,000 grant from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University will conduct four studies of women religious and host a visiting scholar.

Sisters from various congregations are offering emergency aid to tens of thousands of flooding victims in central Vietnam. Some sisters are collecting food, clothing and health care to give to people impacted by the floods, while others are providing donations.

Remember the romantic musical "South Pacific"? The idyllic life where people lived peacefully together in unlimited sunshine surrounded by white sandy beaches, swaying palm trees and turquoise waters was so mesmerizing. Unfortunately, our fantasies keep us from seeing some of the harsh realities beyond the beaches. Sr. Judith Moore was the provincial of the Missionary Sisters of the Society of Mary and also the secretary for the Conference of Religious Women and Men.