by GSR Staff
May 5, 2014
When Pope Francis announced the long awaited names of his commission on the protection of children in March, it was noted that four of the eight lay members are women, one a victim of clerical sex.
May 5, 2014
From NCRonline.org - The Vatican chief of doctrine has accused U.S. women religious leaders of not abiding by a reform agenda the Vatican imposed on their leadership organization following a doctrinal assessment of the group.
by Jill Day
Contributing writer and editor
May 5, 2014
In Nairobi’s traffic-clogged maelstrom, Catholic sisters go quietly about their calling, helping the dying, supporting the destitute, educating the impoverished and healing the sick. It would be easy for them to be invisible, some 3,000 women among 3.3 million people sprawling across a highlands plateau in eastern Africa. If not for their grit. If not for their faith.
Zambian born and a Zimbabwe resident, Jill Day writes on people and lifestyles. In addition to working for the Global Sisters Report, she edits farming and fashion magazines in Zimbabwe and has been nominated as editor of the year in both Zimbabwe and South Africa, where she worked previously. Last year she ghosted a biographical cookery book judged the world's second most entertaining cookbook in the Paris International Cookery Book Award.
by N.J. Viehland
May 2, 2014
The Servant Sisters of St. Joseph in the Philippines live out their charism of helping others to earn a living "by the sweat of their brow" and operate five sewing workshops that teach people how to sew and manage clothing production. For Margie Rose Butlig and her family, the opportunity has changed her life.
May 2, 2014
To celebrate the opening of the Sr. Joan Chittister archive at Mercyhurst University, NCR Editor-at-Large Tom Roberts gave an address April 30th. He is working on a Chittister biography.
This story appears in the Sisters Making Mainstream Headlines feature series. View the full series.
May 2, 2014
GSR Today - This week’s round-up of mainstream news coverage of women religious takes us back to 1986 when a group of sisters armed with rosaries and pictures of the Blessed Mother faced down evil in the Philippines. Guess who won?
by GSR Staff
May 1, 2014
"Most high, glorious God, cast Your light into the darkness of my heart. Give me right faith, certain hope and perfect charity."
by Elizabeth Johnson
May 1, 2014
The blessing women find in their relationship with Jesus is not simply private and spiritual, though it is certainly that. But it also affects their life in public and social domains, inspiring the struggle for liberation from structures of domination in every dimension of life.
by GSR Staff
May 1, 2014
"Once poverty is gone, we’ll need to build museums to display its horrors to future generations. They’ll wonder why poverty continued so long in human society — how a few people could live in luxury while billions dwelt in misery, deprivation, and despair."