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Court rules in favor of employer exemptions to contraceptive coverage

by Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service

High court rejects bishop's appeal to dismiss rape case against him

by Matters India

Columns

Ten commandments for a pandemic moment in American history

by Joan Chittister

Jul 9, 2020

From Where I Stand: Two pandemics have struck at once: one physical, one political, but we have managed to braid the two.

God's unique, mysterious call to serve the Dalits

by Robancy Amal Helen

Jul 9, 2020

Each of us is responsible for fulfilling God's unique plan for us. As years went by and I tried to discern God's plan, I had the opportunity to work for the so-called "untouchables" of Indian society, the Dalits.

From Zimbabwe to the Presentation Sisters

by Aletha Matiswayiri Madziro

Jul 8, 2020

People often ask me what it was like to be the first African to become a Presentation Sister. There have been challenges, but I have had a happy and adventurous life and am proud to be a sister.

Joan Chittister: how a book and keynote led to friendship

by Jane Marie Bradish

Jul 7, 2020

Benedictine Sr. Joan Chittister helps me find my voice and a broader and more global perspective. And as I age, I know how vitally important it is to let people know that they've helped me grow.

Seeking freedom: White privilege defines essential travel at the border

by Tracey Horan

Jul 3, 2020

Horizons - My experience living at the Mexico-U.S. border has added to the hypocrisy I see in our country's pledge to stand for "liberty and justice for all."

Taking the air in during the coronavirus pandemic

by Joan Sauro

Jul 2, 2020

Early morning the walkers appear. ... Unchanging in the upheaval of change. And if they should forget the upheaval, news bulletins puncture the air with dire warnings.

News

Sisters' $1,000 grants help families and nonprofit staff impacted by COVID-19

Jul 9, 2020

Two sisters, recipients of grants from an initiative to give 1,000 sisters $1,000 each to help those in need, gave money to families in Oil City, Pennsylvania, and staffers of a nonprofit service agency in Rhode Island.

Court rules in favor of employer exemptions to contraceptive coverage

by Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service

Jul 8, 2020

In a 7-2 ruling July 8, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Trump administration rules that give employers more ability to opt out of providing contraceptive coverage in their health plans.

High court rejects bishop's appeal to dismiss rape case against him

by Matters India

Jul 7, 2020

A Place to Call Home: Take a second look at these sisters working in homelessness and affordable housing

Jul 6, 2020

Nigerian Air Force honors sister who sacrificed her life to rescue students

by Kelechukwu Iruoma

Jul 2, 2020

The importance of a place to call home during the pandemic

Jul 2, 2020

Coronavirus

Sisters' $1,000 grants help families and nonprofit staff impacted by COVID-19

Jul 9, 2020

Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. from WHO 'deeply regrettable,' CHA says

by Catholic News Service

Jul 9, 2020

The Catholic Health Association July 7 said it was "deeply regrettable" that President Donald Trump has formally withdrawn the U.S. from the World Health Organization during a global pandemic.

Two webinars offer a broader vision of religious life in the West

by Joyce Meyer

Jul 7, 2020

Don't turn away from suffering on border, urges Sr. Norma Pimentel

by Rhina Guidos, Catholic News Service

Jul 7, 2020

A Place to Call Home: Take a second look at these sisters working in homelessness and affordable housing

Jul 6, 2020

Seeking freedom: White privilege defines essential travel at the border

by Tracey Horan

Jul 3, 2020

Ministry

Sisters' $1,000 grants help families and nonprofit staff impacted by COVID-19

Jul 9, 2020

Migrant workers flood Goa beaches for jobs; sisters help them fit in

Updated

by Lissy Maruthanakuzhy

Jul 9, 2020

A Place to Call Home - Three Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary work with about 1,600 migrants, mostly tribal women of various religions, in the state of Goa, India's tourism hub.

God's unique, mysterious call to serve the Dalits

by Robancy Amal Helen

Jul 9, 2020

From Zimbabwe to the Presentation Sisters

by Aletha Matiswayiri Madziro

Jul 8, 2020

A Place to Call Home: Take a second look at these sisters working in homelessness and affordable housing

Jul 6, 2020

Nigerian Air Force honors sister who sacrificed her life to rescue students

by Kelechukwu Iruoma

Jul 2, 2020

Religious Life

From Zimbabwe to the Presentation Sisters

by Aletha Matiswayiri Madziro

Jul 8, 2020

People often ask me what it was like to be the first African to become a Presentation Sister. There have been challenges, but I have had a happy and adventurous life and am proud to be a sister.

At a wayside shrine in Wipfing, Austria, a painting by Albert Huspeka depicts the journey of the disciples to Emmaus. (Wikimedia Commons/Herzi Pinki)

Two webinars offer a broader vision of religious life in the West

by Joyce Meyer

Jul 7, 2020

GSR Today - In these times of confusion, chaos and fear that recall the story of the road to Emmaus, leaders of religious women and men in Europe and the U.S. ponder questions about the future.

Joan Chittister: how a book and keynote led to friendship

by Jane Marie Bradish

Jul 7, 2020

Directions and decisions: How do general chapters affect sisters' lives?

by The Life Panelists

Jun 29, 2020

Hilton Foundation webinar shares how COVID-19 has affected sisters globally

by Joyce Meyer

Jun 25, 2020

Sr. Carolyn Farrell, first woman mayor of Dubuque, Iowa, dies at age 85

Jun 22, 2020

Community News

Incarnate Word Foundation and St. Louis Catholic Sisters host billboard project affirming racial justice

Incarnate Word Foundation and 13 St. Louis-area congregations

Ursuline Sisters of the Eastern Province Transition Leadership

Ursuline Sisters of the Eastern Province

New Peace & Justice Ministry Newsletter - "The Channel"

St. Cletus Parish, St. Charles MO

Marianist Sisters - First Vows

Marianist Sisters

Q&As

Sr. Irene O'Neill, president of Sisters Rising Worldwide (Courtesy of Sisters Rising Worldwide)

Q & A with Sr. Irene O'Neill, launching a platform for Sisters Rising Worldwide

Jun 30, 2020

Sisters Rising Worldwide focuses on connecting sisters "to each other and to resources for their ministry needs." In July, the group's work will take a big step toward that goal when it unveils its online platform.

Q & A with Dr. Valérie Julie Brousseau, helping Canadian religious communities prevent COVID-19

by Dana Wachter

Jun 23, 2020

"People need to take this seriously, and they need to realize that they could be next because this is going to last for another year, year and a half, before we have a vaccine."

Q & A with Sr. Judy Zielinski, producer of new documentary on Nicholas Black Elk

Jun 16, 2020

Q & A with Sr. Maria Do Thi Quyen, supporting ethnic families affected by Vietnam's COVID-19 lockdown

by Joachim Pham

Jun 9, 2020

Q & A with Julie McElmurry, zooming in on monastic life with documentaries

by Soli Salgado

Jun 2, 2020

Q & A with Sr. Winnie Mutuku, feeding street children in a pandemic

by Doreen Ajiambo

May 26, 2020

Spirituality

Taking the air in during the coronavirus pandemic

by Joan Sauro

Jul 2, 2020

Early morning the walkers appear. ... Unchanging in the upheaval of change. And if they should forget the upheaval, news bulletins puncture the air with dire warnings.

In community, I saw that we are all crepuscular beings

by Maria Longo

Jul 1, 2020

Notes from the Field: My favorite word is "crepuscular," something between light and dark, in a twilight. We as human beings are crepuscular. Our free will sets us at a crossroads while we dwell here within time and space.

Directions and decisions: How do general chapters affect sisters' lives?

by The Life Panelists

Jun 29, 2020

'Dar a luz': childbirth during the pandemic

by Mary Kathryn Kramer

Jun 24, 2020

Pope brings murdered Italian nun, four others closer to sainthood

by Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service

Jun 22, 2020

The need to 'make reparation'

by Virginia Herbers

Jun 19, 2020

Environment

Kenya to demolish Catholic hospital to reclaim forest land

by Fredrick Nzwili, Catholic News Service

Jun 30, 2020

St. Mary's Mission Hospital is one of the structures marked for demolition in a Kenyan government move to repossess illegally acquired Ngong forest land.

'I can't breathe' — the words that haunt us

by Joan Brown

Jun 4, 2020

"I can't breathe" is the most desperate plea for life. "I can't breathe" is a plea for another human to come to aid, to be compassionate, to stand with and act in a desperate moment.

East Africa flooding displaces thousands, sisters offer some relief

by Doreen Ajiambo

Jun 1, 2020

Acting in the midst of grief: how to be during this time

by Nancy Sylvester

Jun 1, 2020

Instead of a 'return to normal,' let's pursue a profound transformation

by Elise D. García

May 29, 2020

Nun leads young Kenyans to make 'little contributions' to Laudato Si'

by Catholic News Service

May 22, 2020

Social Justice

Migrants in the "Remain in Mexico" program line up at the Paso del Norte Mexico-U.S. border bridge in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, April 21 to reschedule their United States immigration hearings during the coronavirus pandemic. (CNS/Reuters/Jose Luis Gonzalez)

Seeking freedom: White privilege defines essential travel at the border

by Tracey Horan

Jul 3, 2020

Horizons - My experience living at the Mexico-U.S. border has added to the hypocrisy I see in our country's pledge to stand for "liberty and justice for all."

Joel, a Weavers of Hope grant student, with his parents, who are from the indigenous Huichol community in Jalisco, Mexico. His father, Armando, makes bead handicrafts. (Courtesy of Sr. Frances Smith)

Weavers of Hope: Austin, Texas, USA, and Villa García, Zacatecas, Mexico

by Frances Smith

Jun 29, 2020

Every student who is accepted into the Weavers of Hope grant program in Villa García, Zacatecas, Mexico, has a story.

Supporters denounce 'red-tagging' of prominent Philippine nun

Updated

by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo

Jun 28, 2020

Lament and hope go hand in hand

by Mumbi Kigutha

Jun 26, 2020

From Troost to trust on Juneteenth

by Michele Morek

Jun 25, 2020

Resistance woman: Do I qualify?

by Judith Best

Jun 25, 2020

Arts and Media

Q & A with Sr. Irene O'Neill, launching a platform for Sisters Rising Worldwide

Jun 30, 2020

Q & A with Sr. Judy Zielinski, producer of new documentary on Nicholas Black Elk

Jun 16, 2020

Sr. Judy Zielinski speaks about writing and producing an hourlong documentary that tells the little-known story of the second half of Black Elk's life, the decades that prompted his cause for sainthood.

Poland's nuns join rap video challenge to help health care workers

by Jonathan Luxmoore, Catholic News Service

Jun 10, 2020

Q & A with Julie McElmurry, zooming in on monastic life with documentaries

by Soli Salgado

Jun 2, 2020

Art and the closet Catholic: princess edition

by Maria Longo

May 6, 2020

We shall be changed … and we are

by Nancy Linenkugel

Apr 13, 2020

Migration

Migrant workers flood Goa beaches for jobs; sisters help them fit in

Updated

by Lissy Maruthanakuzhy

Jul 9, 2020

A Place to Call Home - Three Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary work with about 1,600 migrants, mostly tribal women of various religions, in the state of Goa, India's tourism hub.

Consecrated persons see the suffering face of Jesus

by Mary Lilly Driciru

Jul 1, 2020

The concept of "building the kingdom of God" gets clearer when the values of consecrated persons, witnesses and promoters of the kingdom shine out in their apostolate in the service of the people who today represent the suffering face of Jesus.

World Refugee Day is June 20. Just imagine …

by Mary Leonora Tucker

Jun 20, 2020

Sisters adapt migration ministries in face of COVID-19, US stop on immigration

by Soli Salgado

Apr 23, 2020

Sr. Elisabetta Flick, key figure in UISG ministry to migrants, dies

Apr 9, 2020

Growth and life along the US-Mexico border

by Celine Reinoso

Mar 18, 2020

Trafficking

Sisters from different congregations get ready to travel to the Africa Faith and Justice Network-Nigeria advocacy drive in Edo State. (Provided photo)

In Edo State, advocates aim to engage the people in anti-trafficking fight

by Teresa Anyabuike

Apr 28, 2020

The Africa Faith and Justice Network-Nigeria successfully advocated for a state anti-trafficking law. Our next step is to put the law to work by involving Edo State residents in fighting against human trafficking.

New film documents tragedy of human trafficking by presenting 'Wells of Hope"