Molly Pyle earned her Ph.D. in Russian history from the University of Chicago in 1997. She then spent 10 years managing projects aiding Russia’s transition to a market economy. In 2007, she became the managing editor of the Journal of National Security Law & Policy, a multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal founded in the wake of 9/11 to provide balanced analysis on national security and constitutional liberties. She began working independently as an editor, writer and oral historian in 2012, having secured the sponsorship of the Journal by Georgetown Law.
May 23, 2014
LCWR's work should not be impeded or diminished. It needs to be encouraged and celebrated. We find a painful disconnect between how they are being treated and the church of encounter that Pope Francis preaches. We are knocking, waiting for your response.
by Retta Blaney
Contributor
May 22, 2014
Sr. Carol Perry, a Sister of St. Ursula, found a revelation in 1957 when she was allowed to study Scripture directly: for one thing, the Bible deals with flesh and blood human beings. For 34 years she has been bringing great storytelling skills of her own and her deeply informed passion for Scripture to groups at Marble Collegiate Church in New York City, where her Sunday class – with Protestants and Catholics – is standing-room-only.
Retta Blaney is the author of Working on the Inside: The Spiritual Life through the Eyes of Actors, which features interviews with Kristin Chenoweth, Dudu Fisher, Edward Herrmann, Liam Neeson, Phylicia Rashad, Vanessa Williams and others. Her freelance work has also appeared in The Washington Post, Newsday, Jewish Week, American Theatre, Back Stage and other publications.
by GSR Staff
May 22, 2014
"Continue this labor and make sweet floods to run and noble and abundant fruits to spring."
by Joyce Meyer
International Liaison, Global Sisters Report
May 22, 2014
NCR Today - Dust From Our Eyes: An Unblinkered Look at Africa is one of my favorite books about Africa. Journalist Joan Baxter, who spent 25 years in West Africa, challenges us to put aside a common image of Africa as the “Dark Continent” and begin seeing it as a continent of new light and creativity.
by Christine Schenk
May 22, 2014
Lately, Catholic news has been confusing and upsetting, with required loyalty oaths and the condemnation of nuns. But there is still some good news.
May 22, 2014
Diane Bergant is a professor of Old Testament Studies at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. She shares her experience becoming a member of the Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes, what religious life means to her and how things have changed over the years.
by Nancy Wiechec
Contributor
May 21, 2014
When the Minim Daughters of Mary Immaculate was established in Mexico in 1886, the founder named the sisters so because he felt Mary would watch closely over her youngest of daughters. Early on the congregation was called to aid a community devastated by flooding in central Mexico. The first Minim sisters ran medical centers, orphanages and schools.
by GSR Staff
May 21, 2014
"There are two problems for our species' survival – nuclear war and environmental catastrophe – and we're hurtling towards them. Knowingly."