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by Georgia Perry

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October 15, 2015
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  • Read more about World Day Against the Death Penalty: Where capital punishment stands

Three Stats and a Map - This past Saturday was World Day Against the Death Penalty. The day has special significance this year for Catholics, because earlier this year Pope Francis issued his most forceful call yet to abolish the practice, which he says is inconsistent with the Catholic Church’s pro-life values.

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October 14, 2015
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  • Read more about Gospel-inspired boldness calls the church to justice

Simply Spirit - "What is needed now . . . is a gospel-inspired boldness that refuses to be silent and speaks out in a strong, loving voice to call the church to justice."  So spoke Sheila Peiffer quoting the late Bill Callahan when she introduced a panel presentation Survivor Justice and Ending Violence Against Women, at the Women's Ordination Worldwide conference last month.

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October 14, 2015
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"Our present human community is hungering for transcendence, to evolve to a new level of life that is more unified, peaceful and collaborative. Instead we find ourselves in the church spending an inordinate amount of time and money trying to preserve ancient rituals and tradition."

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October 14, 2015
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  • Read more about What's unexpected about being a sister?

From A Nun's Life podcasts - In this Random Nun Clip from that show, a listener asks, "What is the most unexpected part of being a sister?" Our guest nuns Sr. Barbara Vano, OSF, and Sr. Deborah Borneman, SSCM, respond.

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October 13, 2015
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"Colors paint the marsh, and I, like the heron, was lucky enough to see it."

by Dawn Araujo-Hawkins

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  • Read more about We should all practice ministries of reconciliation

GSR Today - Between Columbus Day and Haloween, October might possibly be the most racist month in the United States. Racism, after all, is not simply the overt hatred of minorities. Racism includes the institutional structures that keep minorities from being equal players in our society.

This story appears in the Francis in the United States feature series. View the full series.

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October 13, 2015
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  • Read more about 'Noisy contemplation'

The swirl that I found myself in when I visited Washington, D.C. during the Pope Francis’ visit to the United States brought to mind Jesuit Fr. Bill Callahan, who in the early 1980s coined the phrase “noisy contemplation." It was a clear call that we can all pray all the time no matter how hectic our lives become. It is taking the time to really see what is before us, no matter how fast we might be going.

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October 13, 2015
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  • Read more about Q & A with Sr. Mary Joseph Ritter

Sr. Mary Joseph Ritter, general superior of the Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Mercy in Charleston, S.C., always wanted to be involved in a ministry of direct service. But in her more than 50 years of religious life, she's learned not only the power of serving others, but the increased power that comes from forming partnerships to serve others. The congregation sponsors a nonprofit, Our Lady of Mercy Community Outreach. The agency has a $2.7 million operating budget and serves more than 11,000 people a year with a soup kitchen, health clinics, food pantries and education efforts.

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October 12, 2015
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  • Read more about Pope's prison visit should have broad impact, says sister who teaches there

A woman religious who teaches a course at the Philadelphia prison Pope Francis visited Sept. 27 believes the pope's outreach to prisoners will have an impact on the criminal justice system in America. "He'll be aware of the injustices that may occur in the prison system," and his presence will raise public awareness about prison systems around the country, said Mercy Sr. Elizabeth Linehan, a professor of philosophy at Jesuit-run St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia.

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  • Read more about Citing new rules, India's Missionaries of Charity to end adoption work

The Missionaries of Charity will close their adoption centers in India, citing new regulations that would allow nontraditional families to adopt children, reported ucanews.com. Founded by Blessed Teresa of Kolkata, the congregation runs orphanages across India, with 18 of them government-recognized centers that offer children for adoption. But the nuns do not want to run adoption centers in India now, said Sr. Mary Prema, the congregation's current superior general.

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