Sometimes you find yourself in a situation that turns into a more significant moment than you ever expected. Sr. Nancy Sylvester recalls her exchange with the vice president at a town hall, and what happened next.
For more than a year, a network of community leaders has provided public witness, solidarity and mutual aid in support of detained immigrant neighbors and their families at the ICE facility in Newark, New Jersey.
The brainchild of WOC Executive Director Kate McElwee, the "Not if, But How — Reforming Institutions" panel gathered two sociologists and a political scientist to explore concrete strategies for changing institutions.
The day we inaugurated a protected water source in a village in Congo, women sang. Children danced. One elder said, "Today, our daughters get their future back." Moments like this remind me why this work is sacred.
For Catholic health care, the answer is not to walk away, but rather to walk alongside patients, families and caregivers in the hardest moments of life.
Despite the powerful charisms bestowed upon many women, "it is no secret that women leaders face significant obstacles in exercising their God-given gifts within the church," Christine Schenk writes.
"Living within this limitless love can only bring joy — and inevitably justice. It is what our nation needs today," writes Christine Schenk. Let us embrace Gospel nonviolence, and as the pope suggests, work to change unjust structures.
A recent Vatican document on marriage revives troubling assumptions about Africa and polygamy. Sr. Leonida Katunge asks: Why is Africa once again being defined without Africa at the table?
