As COP30 nears, Maasai evictions expose the dark side of carbon markets

A Maasai woman carries her baby outside her hut in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Evictions have hit women and children especially hard, disrupting education, health care and family livelihoods. (GSR photo/Doreen Ajiambo)

Catholic sisters standing with Maasai families being displaced in northern Tanzania warn world leaders in Brazil that climate solutions built on forced displacement betray human dignity and faith in creation.

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What 'Downton Abbey' and 'Hamilton' taught me about forgiveness and history

Each of us have, to varying degrees within us, visceral memories of earlier value systems. How do we embrace our differences and move forward together in ways that respect each person’s needs, hopes and dreams?

Sr. Lismy Parayil with her camera during a film shoot. (Courtesy of Lismy Parayil)

'A rosary in one hand, a camera in the other': My journey of faith, art and media

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Learning to weave taught me how to rebuild my life, thread by thread

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The urgent need for systematic safeguarding in religious communities

Religious communities cannot claim moral authority while failing to protect their own members from harm.

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Sr. Mary Meyers bandages the foot of a patient at Project Hope in Wheeling, West Virginia. She works on Pittsburgh's Duquesne University campus during the week and volunteers on weekends, providing health care for those in need. (Courtesy of Mary Meyers)

Q&A with Sr. Mary Meyers, providing health care to uninsured and underserved populations

"Health care in this country is fractured, insurance is impossible for many low-income people, and now we have an administration who is trying to destroy it from within. God help us!" she says.

A Maasai woman carries her baby outside her hut in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Evictions have hit women and children especially hard, disrupting education, health care and family livelihoods. (GSR photo/Doreen Ajiambo)

As COP30 nears, Maasai evictions expose the dark side of carbon markets

Catholic sisters standing with Maasai families being displaced in northern Tanzania warn world leaders in Brazil that climate solutions built on forced displacement betray human dignity and faith in creation.

Statement released Oct. 15 by the Nazareth Sisters of the Annunciation regarding the death of Sr. Anselmina Karimi and arrest of Sr. Caroline Kanjiru (GSR photo/Nazareth Sisters of the Annunciation)

Catholic nun's arrest in connection with death of fellow sister in Kenya stirs concern

The arrest and detention of a Catholic sister in connection with the death of a fellow nun in Meru comes just weeks after another scandal in Asumbi, raising questions about accountability and conflict in religious communities.

Five panelists take part in the Immigration Law and Policy Conference at Georgetown University in Washington Oct 9, 2025.

At Washington conference, attorneys address an unsettling new era on immigration

Panelists at the 22nd Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference painted a picture of migrants consumed by fear and a legal community seeking to defend them, but suffering from a lack of resources.

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At Washington conference, attorneys address an unsettling new era on immigration

Q&A with Sr. Justicia Nekesa, empowering girls in Kenya through skill-based training

Monastery where St. Carlo Acutis received first Communion in ruins after massive fire

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Sister Advocacy at UN

Global Sisters Report is covering Catholic sisters' advocacy at the United Nations.
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LCWR 2025

The Leadership Conference of Women Religious' annual assembly will take place Aug. 12-15 in Atlanta. 
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Out of the Shadows: Confronting Violence Against Women

"Out of the Shadows: Confronting Violence Against Women" is a yearlong Global Sisters Report series on the ways Catholic sisters are responding to this global phenomenon.
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Sr. Lismy Parayil with her camera during a film shoot. (Courtesy of Lismy Parayil)
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'A rosary in one hand, a camera in the other': My journey of faith, art and media

My hope is that through every frame I capture and every story I tell, others may see not just a sister with a camera, but my heart trying to reflect the love of Christ, writes the "Camera Nun" Sr. Lismy Parayil.

Study into sexual abuse of women religious sheds light on spiritual abuse

The first research study into the sexual abuse of women religious in German-speaking countries has shown a common pattern of spiritual abuse with global cases and highlighted that the majority of abuse is perpetrated by men, although some sisters were abused also by women superiors.

Documentary on Ursuline sisters explores changing religious life in America

'In a time of such division and polarization, it seems important to not lose this group that are united and unified in their mission of doing good works,' said filmmaker Morgan Atkinson.

Sr. Jean Dolores Schmidt, the Loyola University men's basketball chaplain and school celebrity, sits for a portrait in The Joseph J. Gentile Arena, on Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, in Chicago. (AP photo/Jessie Wardarski, file)

March Madness icon Sister Jean, longtime Loyola Chicago chaplain, retires at 106

Sr. Jean Dolores Schmidt, the longtime chaplain for Loyola Chicago's men's basketball team, has retired at 106 because of health concerns.

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WORLD FOOD DAY: Salesian Missions highlights farming and feeding programs

Oct. 16, 2025
Feeding programs essential part of many Salesian schools, centers.

GLOBAL HANDWASHING DAY: Salesian Missions highlights projects that ensure youth have access to clean water

Oct. 15, 2025
The Salesian ‘Clean Water Initiative’ makes building wells a priority.

INT’L DAY OF RURAL WOMEN: Salesian Missions highlights projects that educate rural women

Oct. 15, 2025
Salesians work to empower rural women, ensure access to education.
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St. Katharine Drexel's legacy endures as Black Catholic university she founded turns 100

Xavier was established in 1925 by St. Katharine Drexel on the financial strength of the multimillion-dollar inheritance she received from her Philadelphia father's banking estate. Stories are legendary about how the socially conscious heiress — a slight but energetic nun who overcame the hostility and indifference of society and the church — established an amazing network of schools, churches and missions specifically for Blacks and Native Americans.

Students managed by the St. Joseph's of Tarbes nuns celebrate India's Independence Day on Aug. 15 in the presence of a Karnataka state government representative in the campus of Sumanahalli, a church center in Bengaluru. (Thomas Scaria)

Sister-led church-state collaboration brings leprosy-cured Indians dignity, support

Among India's 28 states, only Karnataka employs cured leprosy patients. Congregations have been working with the state government to treat, rehabilitate, educate and ensure jobs for them, giving them dignified lives.

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Sisters in Northern Uganda build sustainable peace with Pax Christi International

Sr. Mary Lilly Driciru has been sustainably building peace, harmony and development in rural African communities in Northern Uganda. She hopes support for this effort spreads throughout the entire country.

Sr. Ritamary Brown holds a clean birth kit at Hospital Sisters Mission Outreach. (Courtesy of Ritamary Brown)
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The promise of life begins with clean birth kits

Where a baby happens to be born should not determine his or her access to safe, clean conditions to come into the world. Every birth, every baby, is a miracle from God, and we should treat it as such.

GSR in the Classroom

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The project shines light on the mission and ministry of Catholic women religious around the world.

Each lesson connects articles about sisters or columns written by sisters to the good news found in scripture and church teaching. Action ideas and compelling prayer bring new learning alive. Teacher guides provide vital context and engaging activities to launch group discussions.