Looking to change lives in prison and after release, sisters bring inmates food, underwear, sanitary pads, Bibles and basic health services, along with teaching skills, spiritual coaching and behavioral change.
Thailand's entire Catholic community is less than 1% of the population of more than 68 million. But in Bangkok, Ursuline sisters run an all-girls K-12 Catholic school that is thriving.
It has been more than four years since the Missionary Guadalupanas of the Holy Spirit first began their legal battle against California's requirement that insurance plans cover abortions. For the most part, the sisters had hit brick walls and disappointments — until last month, when the Trump administration brought attention to their efforts and the state's response.
In Nigeria, many women suffer with untreated fistula. The Medical Missionaries of Mary run a fistula hospital that treats hundreds each year and provides reconstructive operations at no cost.
