"Collective of survivors of gender-based violence" has become the identity statement of the business three nuns started in India, where they once campaigned against Bishop Franco Mulakkal, accused of rape.
Pope Leo XIV named Irish Sr. Mary Teresa Barron to lead the Vatican's global network of missionary societies, making her the first woman to hold the post.
A hospital run by the Daughters of Divine Love faces challenges from heavy rains and floods, which have damaged sections of the road leading to their community.
"The days of building buildings and institutions is gone, but that only happened because it was responding to a need," said Sr. Betsy Pawlicki. "What is the need now?"
At Our Lady of Perpetual Help Home for the Elderly, the Little Sisters of the Poor attempt to preserve dignity when illness, disability, poverty and separation from family can easily make people feel forgotten.
Franciscan Sr. Margaret Carney wrote the libretto for "Francis: An Oratorio in Nine Scenes." Performances with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra are set for Oct. 10 and 11.
