For decades, the Sisters of St. Joseph refused to lease land to gas companies. Now they have no choice. A new West Virginia law allows fracking against a landowner's wishes if enough neighbors agree to fracking on their land.
"Let us pray and commit to protecting the dignity of every girl," writes Sr. Robancy A. Helen. "Let's create a society where girls are not viewed as burdens but as blessings."
Pope Leo XIV has stated he will continue the path of Pope Francis regarding LGBTQ+ ministry. Loretto Sr. Jeannine Gramick, longtime minister to the community, hopes his actions will affirm his hospitable words.
Serving people who lost everything to a typhoon in 2013, I learned that Christ never abandons us. His self-giving sustains us through every situation we face. We are never alone. He strengthens us and accompanies us.
Let us cultivate within us that nature-born instinct deepened by becoming a contemplative lover of life, seeing the oneness of everything and becoming good Samaritans.
New discoveries about the universe, as well as a deeper understanding of evolution, lead naturally to new thinking about fundamental beliefs about God and his role in our lives.
