(Anna Williams) Monks, nuns fight poverty until it hurts

Meanwhile, hidden from the public eye are a few people striving to live out St. Paul’s “more excellent way” of love. They don’t argue about poverty; they try to alleviate it. They’ve dropped out of the rat race, given up their possessions and taken new names.
They’re Catholic monks and nuns.
And while their commitment might seem radical, they could offer all of us ”” faithful and secular alike ”” a few timely lessons about devotion, generosity and genuine freedom.

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