At their annual CLAR leadership gathering, this year held in Honduras, Latin American men and women religious reflected on their role as a synodal church amid political instability, persecution and economic inequality.
A direct challenge for any religious order is vocations, and this will be one of the trials faced by the Norwegian Trappist communities: a very small community of Catholics in Norway from which vocations could flourish.
The Office of Development and Comprehensive Health for Religious Women in Mexico seeks to address the needs of older religious women, with medical care, geriatric equipment and psychological support.
The 11th Catholic Sisters Week features dozens of events that allow laypeople to connect with sisters and their ministries. Plans include a webinar on gun violence, a food drive, and spiritual exploration.
Women religious haven't been spared the suffering the Catholic Church is going through in Nicaragua, said a sister GSR correspondent Rhina Guidos met with in January while visiting El Salvador. At a moment's notice, she'd had to prepare to welcome a group of nuns forced to leave their ministry behind in Nicaragua.
A new Wisconsin order, the Franciscan Congregation of Divine Mercy, has established a mission that gently encourages visitors to connect to the Gospel by connecting them to God's creatures.
From A Nun's Life podcasts - Sister Maxine and Sister Julie discuss where exactly women religious fall into the church hierarchy, and recall a leadership story that "shows the grit" of Immaculate Heart of Mary sisters.