Listen: Heidi, Father Daniel and David talk about media they've been consuming lately, as well as a recent Supreme Court case that might affect care for the homeless. Then Heidi interviews Sr. Elizabeth Johnson.
The Vatican Secretariat of State sent a formal statement to the French Embassy to the Holy See reaffirming that Pope Francis had sent a top Vatican official to investigate a French religious congregation and warning that interference by a French civil court in an internal church matter could be a "serious violation" of religious freedom.
After serving as an educator, Sr. Eleanor Craig's interest in history, community organizing and social justice eventually led her to archival work, and opening Loretto archives to descendants of enslaved persons.
Sisters of secular institutes in India spearhead ministries that offer a better future to children who have been living in the streets or found at bus stations, offering shelter, education and later placing them in job training.
Sr. Marie de Paul Combo worked with national and international nonprofits on a variety of issues. But to Thomas C. Fox, "she will perhaps be remembered most for the personal care she offered others."
Catholic leaders and sisters have rescued thousands of children and young girls in Sierra Leone from sexual abuse, offering guidance and counseling, justice and education.
Sisters of Charity of Nazareth operate Navjyoti Centre in Kathmandu, Nepal, where children and young adults with disabilities receive life skills and vocational training.
Some 1 million pilgrims a year flock to Medjugorje, a Marian shrine located in a village 16 miles southwest from the city of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.