Marko Phiri is a freelance journalist based in Zimbabwe. He has written for numerous Catholic publications including The Tablet, The Irish Catholic and America Review. He is a published author whose work also appears in the Kala
by GSR Staff
July 1, 2014
“The God of peace is never glorified by human violence.”
July 1, 2014
GSR Today - Despite severe genocide under the Pol Pot regime and the resulting political and economic fallout over the past few decades, there is an almost tangible optimism in Cambodia, which is why I love the report from Claire Schaeffer-Duffy we published last week about a Maryknoll sister ministering to sex-trafficking victims in Cambodia.
July 1, 2014
Analysis - When the Supreme Court on Monday issued a split decision narrowly backing the right of for-profit corporations to deny contraception coverage to their employees for religious reasons, many assumed that faith-based nonprofits would have it easy when their own cases eventually reach the high court.
Kate Oatis is the owner of Oatis Communications. She does social media marketing for small businesses and writes occasionally for a variety of publications, including National Catholic Reporter.
June 30, 2014
Sr. Anne Flanagan, a Daughter of St. Paul from New Orleans, currently lives in Berkshire, England, where she is serving as editor of an upcoming web project for the U.K. Pauline sisters. In addition to providing media training for sisters and parishes, she posts regularly to her blog, aptly titled Nun Blog, and moderates a Theology of the Body Google+ community of almost 500 people.
by GSR Staff
June 30, 2014
"In order for us as poor and oppressed people to become part of a society that is meaningful, the system under which we now exist has to be radically changed. . . ."
by Joshua J. McElwee
June 30, 2014
From NCRonline.org - The president of the U.S. bishops has praised Monday's Supreme Court ruling regarding coverage of contraceptive services in health care plans, claiming that "justice has prevailed."
Related - Supreme Court: Some companies exempt from contraception coverage
June 30, 2014
Contemplation takes many forms. What I have been drawn to for the past 30 years or so is contemplation born in a form of “empty mind,” a silence or stillness that invites you not to thinking, not imagining, just emptying.
by Jill Day
Contributing writer and editor
June 30, 2014
Take another look - GSR is sharing this story on our homepage again. It's about a book by Sr. Maureen Moorhouse that recounts the 60 years of ministry her community, the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, did with people in Zimbabwe. They established remote schools and clinics during a time when the country was in transition and suffering from colonial attitudes of racism.