Perhaps we need to withdraw from the "noise" all around us to enter the cave of silence and contemplation so as to listen to the stirrings of our heart preparing us to come back out and respond in new ways to each other and the issues that divide us.
"Teenage pregnancy and early marriage are heartbreaking reminders of the cultural nuances that have kept many girls out of school and in the hands of men most times thrice their age," says Sr. Bernadette Duru.
At Da Gama Special School, students pay glowing tribute to school administrators for providing a conducive environment for children with disabilities to access holistic education and hope for a brighter future.
The legal cell of Catholic lawyer-priests and nuns has vowed to extend help to Indian minorities, including Christians, as persecution against them increases in India.
Lack of access to clean water contributes to disease in riverine communities in Nigeria. The Medical Missionaries of Mary are seeking to address these harms with health services and hygiene awareness campaigns.
Nuns founded and led Catholic hospitals to treat sick and poor people. But over time, a focus on margins led the hospitals to transform into behemoths that operate for-profit subsidiaries and pay their executives millions.
With its nursing and midwifery program, the Catholic Health Training Institute in Wau, South Sudan, remains a small beacon of hope in a nation struggling to recover from both old and new wars.
