Women Religious

“Rebirth” aims to help survivors “piece the fragments back together and give them … the face of a new life, or at least a life that can still be lived.”

Trafficking is now the second most profitable industry in the world. “Ending trafficking is not optional. It’s a measure of how we look after the most in need.”

“You are called to testify that the young, the elderly, the poor, the sick, … the imprisoned hold a sacred place above all else on God’s altar.”

“Sometimes Sister (Amelia) will be passing by and she’ll ask, ‘How are you doing?'” observed Oliver Jurek, a Providence senior.

“Our outreach was to the family members as well. We’ve been told more than once how their faith has been strengthened and nurtured.”

“Our appreciation” for efforts supporting the religious worker visas program “cannot be overstated,” said the USCCB’s president and its migration chair.

The work of anti-trafficking advocates faces challenges due to funding downturns and fears of reprisal amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdowns.

“Kivu is … full of precious resources that has always been contested,” said Father Giovanni Piumatti. “That is why these Islamist groups receive backing.”

Blessed Eliswa is “a source of inspiration for all those who work, in the Church and in society, for the dignity of women,” the pope said.

These soon-to-be-saints “experienced different elements of struggle throughout their lives” but “they maintained a constant relationship with the Lord.”