"The participation of the faithful cannot be passive," the pontiff said. "From this conviction arose the need to make the richness of the biblical texts and prayers more accessible to all the faithful."

"Many more students enter my class today wondering what religion really is, what we mean by the word spirituality, and what people actually do in religious communities," writes Erin Cline.

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.