Heart to Heart
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Jubilee: From prison to peacemaker – A life transformed by restorative justice
Catholic Mobilizing Network, the leading Catholic anti-death penalty advocacy organization in the United States, shares the story of Felix Rosado, whose life was transformed by restorative justice.
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Handmaids of the Divine Redeemer of Accra working to eradicate human trafficking
On 8 February 2025, in commemoration of the World Day Against Human Trafficking and the Feast of St. Josephine Bakhita, Sr. Regina Ignatia Elorm Aflah, Assistant Superior General of the Sisters of the Handmaids of the Divine Redeemer (HDR) in Accra, Ghana, shared valuable experiences that the religious congregation has acquired as they combat human trafficking.
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Giving voice to the suffering Church in Ukraine
Ever since the beginning of the war, the Catholic Media Centre has reported on the activities of the Church in Ukraine and provided spiritual assistance to people who are experiencing the tragedy of war. Sr. Alina Petrauskajte, Director of the Centre’s portal, speaks about the initiatives aimed at helping alleviate the suffering of mothers and wives,...
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The monastery healing Iraq's religious divides
Fr. Jens Petzold, a Swiss priest based in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq, speaks to Vatican News about his work building inter-religious solidarity, helping refugees, and serving the tiny, ever-changing population of local Christians.
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The little girl on the threshold
Iranian-born writer Lila Azam Zanganeh and her experience at the Jubilee of Communication.
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Fuelling Mary's Meals is the innate goodness of people
The Founder of Mary's Meals, a charity serving children food in the world's poorest communities, reflects on his organization's journey and its hopes for the future, as it strives to feed as many hungry children as possible.
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Mary's Meals in Malawi: Food + School = Hope
A journey through rural Malawi shines the spotlight on the work done by "Mary's Meals" to support families and enable children to stay in school and nourish their dreams and their future.
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The Rebirth of a Queen: a voice and a home for survivors in Nairobi, Kenya
As a childhood survivor of sexual and domestic violence, Kenya’s Pauline Akinyi Juma has rewritten her narrative as a survivor through empowerment, advocacy and healing. She is now helping other survivors and those who fall prey to human traffickers.
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‘Faith on the waves’ in Kenya: Stella Maris’ pastoral care for fishers
Inspired by the international Stella Maris Apostolate, the migrants office of the Catholic Diocese of Nakuru in Kenya seeks to offer pastoral care and hope to people who earn their livelihoods from the water. “I am a happy religious woman working at the peripheries,” says Sr. Margaret Mumbua.
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First U.S. woman to be included in memorial for modern martyrs
Ohio native Sr. Dorothy Stang joins other modern Christian martyrs around the world in a permanent memorial in a ceremony hosted by the Community of Sant’Egidio in Rome.