Sr. Miriam Holzman said she did not expect the internet response to "Dominican Sisters Open Mic," but it only confirms her belief that "Our God is a God of surprises."
Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich, two orders of nuns, and a pharmacist sued Illinois Sept. 3 over the state's physician-assisted suicide law, which permits physicians to aid terminally ill adults in dying by suicide.
Following catastrophic flooding in Nepal and an earthquake in eastern Indonesia, Catholic sisters are providing aid while reeling from the damage the disasters left behind.
In her cosmetology and health ministry, Daughter of Charity Sr. Oanh Tran restores clients' dignity, cutting like a surgeon through matted hair, washing and sometimes mending their feet, and listening to their stories.
As U.S. immigration policies empty shelters and cut aid along the California-Mexico border, Catholic sisters remain among the few groups supporting migrants stranded with dwindling options.
"For with your vitality, your witness of a life centered on Jesus, you can contribute to waking up the world," the pope told the 1,300 leaders of US Catholic sisters at their annual assembly.
Over 600 people attended vigils outside a federal immigration office near Cincinnati after Haitian residents of Springfield received letters directing them to appear at the ICE field office nearly two hours from their homes.
