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St. John Paul II presents a gift to Consolata Sister Leonella Sgorbati in Milan, Italy, in this undated photo. Sister Leonella and her bodyguard were gunned down in September 2006 as they left the children's hospital where she worked in Mogadishu, Somalia. (CNS photo/PH Emmevi, EPA)
FaithNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
Pope Francis formally recognized the martyrdom of an Italian Consolata sister murdered in Somalia in 2006 and the martyrdom of a 25-year-old priest in Hungary in 1957.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Russell Pollitt, S.J.
Last week Kenyans went back to the voting polls after the Supreme Court annulled elections in August.
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
“I call on the Lord that he may convert the hearts of the terrorist and free the world of hate and that crazy homicide that abuses the name of God to disseminate death.”
Politics & SocietyNews
Jonathan Luxmoore - OSV News
All but three of the 16 prefectures in the country are still controlled by armed gangs, despite the presence of U.N. peacekeepers.
Politics & SocietyNews
Catholic News Service
Voting was postponed to Oct. 28 because of security challenges.
With Veterinary Technician Jude's help, Sister Toni Temporiti, C.P.P.S., hands over a pregnant cow to Guadencia, a farmer in Masaka, Uganda, marking the beginning of her "living loan" in 2012. (Photo by Heather Cammarata)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Michael V. Tueth, S.J.
The price of that hamburger could help an African family start a business. And the money to do this could be given to them as a loan, not as a charitable gift.