Now the administrator of the Caritas Philippines Development Center, Taboclaon previously served as the first Filipina to lead the Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Good and Perpetual Help in her country.
The Kenyan government wants to reintegrate all children under institutional care into families by 2032. "Some of them have no family, where would they go?" said Sr. Rosily Kokkaden, director of Huruma Children's Home.
For Lovers of the Holy Cross Sr. Mary Nguyen Hong Vy, who learned water survival skills from her grandfather, a fisherman, the classes have become an unexpected expression of religious life.
The African Conference for Catholic Sisters in Canon and Civil Law acknowledged that for safeguarding to be inherent in sisters' everyday life, it must be woven into formation and nurtured throughout their vocation.
"Most transgender persons do not want charity. They want love. They want their parents to accept them, their siblings to stand beside them, and society to treat them with dignity," said Sr. Amitha Polimetla.
In her cosmetology and health ministry, Daughter of Charity Sr. Oanh Tran restores clients' dignity, cutting like a surgeon through matted hair, washing and sometimes mending their feet, and listening to their stories.
Three Daughters of Charity were among 13 people who filed a high-profile impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte, accusing her of corruption.
