The apostolic visitation and doctrinal assessment were controversial, but 10 years after those tense times, sisters say their relationship with officials in Rome is radically different.
Sr. Marie de Paul Combo worked with national and international nonprofits on a variety of issues. But to Thomas C. Fox, "she will perhaps be remembered most for the personal care she offered others."
Sisters of Charity of Nazareth operate Navjyoti Centre in Kathmandu, Nepal, where children and young adults with disabilities receive life skills and vocational training.
Network, the Catholic social justice lobby, is offering an online series that will address what it means to be a Catholic, multi-issue voter and how to engage people in challenging conversations about important issues.
Some 1 million pilgrims a year flock to Medjugorje, a Marian shrine located in a village 16 miles southwest from the city of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
"Cachita" is etched in tattoos, street murals, cartoons and other artwork on the island. She is revered in makeshift home altars, songs — and at her shrine some 500 miles (805 kilometers) east of Havana.
The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security has announced a new initiative to monitor conflict from a gender perspective — a tool that could be helpful to sisters doing work in conflict areas.