Pope Francis recognized the healing of the man, "Paulo G.," in Uberlandia, Brazil, as the miracle needed for the canonization of Blessed Elena Guerra, an Italian nun who founded the Oblates of the Holy Spirit.
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.
Sisters from six African countries gathered in Entebbe, Uganda, to learn strategies and income-generating ideas for their ministries, largely in social services.
As a nun on the Rwanda music scene who has composed popular praise and worship songs, Sr. Fébronie Kamana of the Oblates of the Holy Spirit in Rwanda is a talent to keep tabs on.
The Vatican Secretariat of State sent a formal statement to the French Embassy to the Holy See reaffirming that Pope Francis had sent a top Vatican official to investigate a French religious congregation and warning that interference by a French civil court in an internal church matter could be a "serious violation" of religious freedom.