The Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University organized a panel highlighting the downstream and life-or-death effects of the recent cuts to USAID.
Thousands of migrants are heading back to South America after new U.S. immigration policies, including the cancellation of the CBP One program, have made it harder for them to seek asylum in the U.S.
Catholic sisters, a priest and a bishop spoke to GSR about how they help migrants in South Africa rebuild their lives and integrate into a society that has been hostile to foreigners.
"The women religious in India have faced gender discrimination and sexual abuses that have caused mental health challenges for many, driving some to suicide," said Sr. Molly Mathew, who coordinates the program to revise formation curricula.
As the new associate executive secretary of the International Union of Superiors General, Sr. Roxane Schares brings a rich history of working with refugees to the global sisterhood.
Today's divided world challenges us to embody the Gospel's call to healing and peace. We asked The Life's panel of sisters: How is healing and forgiveness facilitated or happening in your community?
"Malnutrition, rickets and malaria are the three biggest health challenges we face here," says Sr. Juliana Ekwoanya, who works at the clinic run by Hope for the Village Child Foundation, a local nonprofit in Kaduna.
Migration in the Americas was one of the conference's key topics because it is a fundamental pastoral need shared throughout the continent, said conference organizer and University of San Diego professor Victor Carmona.
