This year, the International Union of Superiors General is holding a general assembly. It comes during the same time as the Synod of the Catholic Church and the war in Ukraine. According to its president, Sr. Jolanta Kafka, the war has brought out the best in many people.<\/p>\n
SR. JOLANTA KAFKA The war has also changed the work of religious sisters, who have had to give up other tasks to focus on helping those fleeing the war.<\/p>\n SR. JOLANTA KAFKA Focusing on the essentials is also an aspect of the synodal journey and Kafka sees great enthusiasm and participation from religious sisters.<\/p>\n SR. JOLANTA KAFKA A participation that is seen as a service to others and to the whole Church.<\/p>\n SR. JOLANTA KAFKA From May 2 to 6, the superiors of religious congregations will meet in person in Rome to conclude their general assembly. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n AO<\/p>\n TR: KG<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" April 20, 2022. The President of the International Union of Superiors General believes that conflict helps people focus on what they really need in life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":10463,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/RTeadZyp530","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bintervistauisgeng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bintervistauisgint.mp4","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43986"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>President International Union of Superiors
\nI like to think that human generosity, the generosity of religious people, of believers and of people in general is always something that creates life. It's true that we don't like sad news. It hurts us to see, for example, photos of dead people in the streets. It is an atrocious pain and it is difficult to think about how much pain and hate there will be after the war\u2014how much anger will need to be healed again. It is a terrible thing.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>President International Union of Superiors
\nThere is a voluntary detachment from goods, a giving up of things that are superfluous and the recognition that we can share what we have with those who do not have the essentials. And I believe that this helps us overcome our pride, our comfort\u2014that we lack nothing\u2014but there, they lack everything. <\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>President International Union of Superiors
\nAt this moment, we are living a period of renewal and in religious life, we live with great hope for the transformation processes of the Church, something we feel a part of.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>President International Union of Superiors
\nIf we were to ask women, they would surely say: 'We would like to share more in the life of the Church, in a more visible way'. But they aren't saying this as a demand.<\/em><\/p>\n