Sr. Mary Roger Thibodeaux, a veteran member of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament and a leading Catholic light of the 20th-century Black freedom struggle, has died in Pennsylvania.
The Office of Development and Comprehensive Health for Religious Women in Mexico seeks to address the needs of older religious women, with medical care, geriatric equipment and psychological support.
The sexual abuse of children by Catholic sisters and nuns has been overshadowed by far more common reports of male clergy abuse. Women in religious orders have also been abuse victims — but they have been perpetrators too.
For Dearbhail McDonald, "The Last Nuns in Ireland" is both a personal and public attempt to make some kind of peace with a complicated spiritual and cultural legacy.
In a 2019 Vietnam census, the rate of child marriage among the Hmong stood at 51.5%. Through education and other support, Catholic sisters aim to encourage people in ethnic communities to wait to marry at a legal age.
Fear of the political crisis and, in particular, the targeting of the Catholic Church is driving many Nicaraguans to flee to the U.S. border in search of asylum, as panelists discussed during a March 6 event.
It is heartbreaking to see all-girls Catholic schools close, but philanthropy can help preserve them. Investing in all-girls schools, particularly those founded by women religious, is an investment in the future.
The film is also meant as a tribute to Catholic sisters everywhere, whose work the executive producer believes is often overlooked and not appreciated enough within the church or by the wider society.