Catholic News Service

Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the volunteers who help them head to the Przemysl train station each night and invite war-weary travelers to their house to rest.

Two days after Russia invaded Ukraine, two sisters of the Congregation of Sisters of the Angels who staff a Zhytomyr home for orphans, decided it was time to take the kids and leave.

Days after a tabernacle containing the Eucharist was stolen from a parish near Baltimore, parishioners received some good news when the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur donated one of their tabernacles to the grieving faith community.

Sr. Suellen Tennyson, 83, was kidnapped from the convent at Holy Family Parish in Yalgo, Burkina Faso, because she's American, the congregational leader for the community said.

Mother Mary Lange, who founded the first Black Catholic school in the United States and the first religious order for women of color, is an example of courageous resilience the church needs, say members of her order, the Oblate Sisters of Providence.

After two years of the pandemic, the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur developed yet another imaginative use of Zoom: The congregation conducted its leadership transition process entirely via Zoom.

Sr. Norma Pimentel, whose work with asylum-seekers has been recognized by Pope Francis, Time magazine and others, will receive the Pacem in Terris Peace and Freedom Award on April 21.

People facing a humanitarian crisis need material assistance and they need experts committed to protecting their human rights, said Comboni Sister Gabriella Bottani.

The Polish Conference of Major Superiors of Women said March 15 that an estimated 18,000 refugees from Ukraine were receiving spiritual, psychological, medical and material help at 924 convents in Poland and that close to 500 of those communities are sheltering almost 3,000 adults — mostly women — and more than 3,000 children.

After over 100 years in the area, the Franciscan Friars of the Province of the Immaculate Conception left the St. Anthony Friary in Catskill to the Sisters of Life, who have entered into a long-term lease of the property.

One of the Orthodox scholars who signed a statement condemning as "heresy" the political vision of Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow is a U.S.-born Russian Orthodox nun and scholar of Byzantine liturgy.

The Missionaries of Charity have elected Sister Joseph Michael, former secretary to St. Teresa of Kolkata, as superior general of order.

Government officials in Northern Ireland and representatives of religious orders who managed state institutions apologized to survivors of abuse at those institutes.

Sr. Dierdre Byrne said in a federal lawsuit filed March 9 that city health officials denied her a religious exemption from the mandate, an action she said violates her rights under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

The Catholic Church needs women, especially women saints, who have shown throughout history an unwavering dedication to God and to caring for their brothers and sisters, Pope Francis said.

Progress in inviting women into ministry, recognizing their talents and calling them to leadership is "uneven," but "we are not talking about evenness, we are talking about progress, about rising. They have not risen totally, but they are rising."

The much-publicized case of religious conversion against the Missionaries of Charity in India's Gujarat state ended after the prosecution admitted there was no serious basis to proceed against them.

"He understands what it means to listen. By his example, he encourages all of us to listen, to listen with an open heart. Listening to one another without prejudice and in listening to our common home is an essential pillar in building a world of peace, care, and love."

"At this moment in our church and in our country's history, we need to hear the wisdom and the insights of Sister Thea, perhaps more than ever. Her words, her example, her call to family and holiness is deeply needed in the Church and even more desperately needed in the country."

An exhibit of Corita Kent's work on display at Theological College in Washington explores "how the preacher can turn to the art world for inspiration when preparing and preaching a homily."