At their annual CLAR leadership gathering, this year held in Honduras, Latin American men and women religious reflected on their role as a synodal church amid political instability, persecution and economic inequality.
The filing includes an affidavit from Reverend Mother Teresa Agnes Gerlach warning that once the association of contemplative orders the Vatican appointed to govern the sisters is in control, it can do anything it wishes, including taking the monastery.
Global Sisters Report first interviewed Erickson in 2014 about the root causes of the immigration crisis. Flash forward 10 years, and everything is different while nothing has really changed.
Global Sisters Report and National Catholic Reporter have been honored by the Religion News Association for reporting in 2023, including for the GSR series "Hope Amid Turmoil: Sisters in Conflict Areas."
In disaster-prone provinces of central Vietnam, sisters help locals and farmers adjust to climate change through sustainable techniques and financial support, allowing them to adapt and stay on their land.
From A Nun's Life podcasts – Srs. Jill Underdahl and Cathy Steffens of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in St. Paul, Minnesota. discuss what they consider the best part of religious life.
The event featured Catholic sisters and representatives of key organizations battling human trafficking, who discussed pivotal partnerships, technology and programs helping to prevent trafficking and to aid survivors.
From nursing to Network, administration to asylum law, from the border to Capitol Hill, Sr. Mary Ellen Lacy has guided people through some of the most vulnerable moments of their lives.
"We, like most congregations, believe the life force that flows through creation, through our land, through the animals, through humanity, is sacred," says Sinsinawa Dominican Sr. Julie Schwab.