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For Sr. Rosa Maria Trochez, a School Sister of Notre Dame, getting involved in Honduras' 2021 presidential election "wasn't a matter of inspiration," she said. "It was a matter of responsibility; it was a duty."

Catholic sisters release statements as they stand in solidarity with Ukrainians, calling for prayer, donations and volunteering.

Terra e Missione, a new organization based in Rome, will connect missionary organizations to continue the "synodal invitation to 'walk together' as a church."

"How are we to understand concepts like 'original sin' and 'redemption' if creation isn't complete and humanity is still in process?" asks a press release for Sr. Laurie Brink's The Heavens Are Telling the Glory of God.

The coordinators of Red Kawsay Buenos Aires say anti-trafficking advocates must engage in the long-term work of educating the country's youth and adolescents about human dignity.

Monday Starter: "What would the church be without religious sisters and consecrated laywomen?" the pope said in a video message. "The church cannot be understood without them."

Monastic traditions — such as stability, silence, community, hospitality and love of learning — are speaking to this moment, and those ranging from the nonreligious to apostolic Catholic sisters are listening.

Monday Starter: The Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace are taking on a tech giant, leading a group of Microsoft investors to hold the firm's lobbyists accountable on policies related to racial justice, human rights and privacy. 

Monday Starter: Veil of Silence includes interviews with 11 women, recounting abuses of power and psychological or emotional abuse; congregations of sisters sign up to participate in Laudato Si' Action Platform; virtual event to showcase history of National Black Sisters' Conference

Monday Starter: Hulu's series "Dopesick" examines how the Sackler family's Purdue Pharma triggered the worst drug epidemic in American history. The series features Notre Dame of Montreal Sr. Beth Davies, played by Meagen Fay, a recovering alcoholic turned alcohol counselor.

A campaign is collecting signatures in a letter to the pope that asks him to expedite the canonization of six Black Catholic sainthood candidates. "We know there is a process, but it is not working for Black American Catholics and supporters," it said.

Led by Immaculate Heart Community member Silvia Gutierrez, Safe Parking LA aims to convert Los Angeles County's underutilized parking lots for city residents experiencing homelessness with vehicles.

Eighteen months in, the coronavirus pandemic has ravaged Latin America. While the situation is improving, the historic social and political factors in the region that exacerbated the catastrophe remain intact.

After volunteering at migrant shelters along the U.S.-Mexico border in the spring, sisters from the Congregation of St. Joseph spent the summer in conversation with their state representatives on immigration.

Monday Starter: The report "Due Process Denied" details 35 cases in which the Customs and Border Protection agency in Nogales, Arizona, has committed violations. The abuses include denying migrants due process in seeking asylum, destruction of documentation, and physical violence.

The virtual assembly for the Confederation of Latin American and Caribbean Religious was a three-day study in what it means for a modern religious life to be intercongregational, intercultural and itinerant.

Monday Starter: In an effort to encourage wider participation in the October 2023 Synod of Bishops, all religious life on the continent is invited to participate in the II International Seminar of Theology.

Sr. Mercedes Casas Sánchez drew on wisdom from poets, popes and philosophers in her Aug. 12 keynote address at the Leadership Conference of Women Religious annual assembly and offered several suggestions for sustaining religious life.