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by Adelaide Ndilu

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May 26, 2015
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  • Read more about Kenyans in search of miracles

A majority of the Kenyan people have fallen prey to faith healers who charge for miracles, and chances are they do not intend to change in the near future, as long as good medical care is beyond their reach, as long as they can afford only one meal a day, as long as jobs are nowhere to be found despite people’s having an education. They are faced with myriad challenges in life so that they easily give in to what we call in Kenya “fake pastors,” who deceive them and persuade them they are cleansing them of their bewitchment. All these predicaments have left them with only one option of seeking God’s intervention in the face of hard economic times.

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May 26, 2015
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"Oh God of all, open the hearts and minds of all your children, that we may learn to nurture rather than destroy our planet."

by Dan Stockman

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May 25, 2015
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  • Read more about A day of remembrance, not happiness

GSR Today - It is Memorial Day in the United States, and our plastic society makes it easy to think the holiday is set aside as the start of summer, or a day for beer and barbecue or even to thank a veteran. But it’s not.

by Melanie Lidman

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May 25, 2015
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  • Read more about Q & A with Sr. Charity Lydia Katongo Nkandu

Sr. Charity Lydia Katongo Nkandu of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Assisi loves working with children. She serves as the education coordinator for the Catholic diocese of Solwezi, an impoverished rural district in northwestern Zambia. But she also recognizes the importance of advocating for children on the world stage, not just in their own communities. Katongo has testified four times about children’s rights in front of various United Nations committees. She recently sat down with Global Sisters Report to reflect on bringing her experiences in the slums of Zambia to the echoing halls of the United Nations.

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May 25, 2015
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  • Read more about Sisters do that? 18 surprising ministries

GSR Today - There are some communities of sisters who spend their days almost exclusively in quiet contemplation and prayer, but the life of a sister today is usually filled with very active service. Here’s a list of 18 ministries that sisters we have written about do. Some might surprise you.

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May 25, 2015
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“I am convinced that the desire for peace and fraternity planted deep in the human heart will bear fruit in concrete ways to ensure that nuclear weapons are banned once and for all, to the benefit of our common home.”

by Susan Rose Francois

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May 22, 2015
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  • Read more about Nuns and Nones

In a society where the numbers of nones are on the rise, the number of nuns is declining. I believe it is possible to view the dynamic forces behind both trends as part of the same rapidly changing landscape of religious life and shared socio-political context of increasing inequality, poverty, violence and environmental destruction. This trend and shifting landscape also apply to the wider church, especially given that the number of U.S. Catholics is also declining according to the Pew research.

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

by Christine Schenk

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May 21, 2015
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  • Read more about For U.S. sisters, ordinary Catholics made a way where there was no way

I'm so thankful for the mid-April resolution of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith's mandate against the Leadership Conference of Women Religious. Alongside December's positive apostolic visitation report, this is a second win-win for U.S. sisters and for Pope Francis, who successfully de-escalated the troubling (not to say scandalous) situation he inherited.

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May 21, 2015
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  • Read more about Returning to El Salvador: Two Sisters of Providence look forward to Romero beatification

Archbishop Óscar Romero was shot to death as he said Mass March 24, 1980 after he exhorted Salvadoran soldiers to disobey their superiors if they were ordered to attack innocent civilians. The Salvadoran civil war would eventually claim some 75,000 lives. More than 250,000 people are expected for Romero’s beatification ceremony on Saturday, May 23, in the Plaza of the Savior of the World in El Salvador’s capital city, San Salvador. Among them will be two Sisters of Providence, Sr. Vilma Franco and Sr. Ana Orellana-Gamero, now living in the United States who are honoring family members they lost during the brutal civil war, as well as Romero.

by Dorothy Fernandes

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May 20, 2015
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  • Read more about Called to widen our tents

Being engaged with people on the margins and trying to view life from their perspective, I am often stunned at their simple faith and their contentment in life with the little they possess. At times I begin to wonder how I am different in this big city. What is it that makes my life a tangible presence, giving meaning to the way of life I was called to and the generosity with which I was supported by my family in my response? Along this journey of life, I have known one thing: Once we are open to life, so many unexpected things happen.

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