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.
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.
There's no signage to point out who's buried there, but the fenced-off, arid field in Holtville, California, is the final resting place for many border crossers who died in anonymity in the surrounding area.
Monday Starter: "Inaction in the face of this epidemic is unacceptable," Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati and other congregations said in a statement announcing a billboard message to end gun violence and promote peace.
Global Sisters Report's series "Hope Amid Turmoil: Sisters in Conflict Areas" has been awarded highest honors in the Religion Communicators Council's 2024 DeRose-Hinkhouse Memorial Awards.