In accepting her dual appointment as head of the Vatican's missionary network and as adjunct secretary at the Dicastery for Evangelization, Sr. Mary Teresa Barron said it was clear the church prioritized lived missionary experience over theological acumen.
Plus, a recent profile highlights a small community in Siberian Asia engaging in intercultural dialogue, and UISG is hosting a webinar on depression in later life.
Catholic sisters have encouraged vertical sack gardening across many of Nairobi's slums. They also oversee food plantations and greenhouse production in the area.
Eight nuns from India and Mexico run a guesthouse beside Tallinn’s ruined medieval convent, blending prayer, hospitality and care for the poor in one of Europe’s most secular countries.
For 13 years, the Dominican Sisters of Peace have built relationships in New Orleans' Gert Town neighborhood through a community center offering programs for children and seniors.
The Africa Faith and Justice Network is tackling child labor and domestic servitude in Nigeria with advocacy, awareness campaigns, economic empowerment, and partnership with government and traditional institutions.
Founded in 1972 as a joint initiative between the Sisters of St. John the Baptist and the Zambian government, St. Joseph's School for the Deaf aims to meet the needs of an expanding population of deaf children.
Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich, two orders of nuns, and a pharmacist sued Illinois Sept. 3 over the state's physician-assisted suicide law, which permits physicians to aid terminally ill adults in dying by suicide.
