Veteran participant Good Shepherd Sr. Winifred Doherty said it is important for sisters to take part in the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women: "We do excellent work on the ground and oftentimes innovative work."
FutureChurch, an Ohio-based Catholic reform group, announced that its director, Deborah Rose-Milavec, is retiring. Colleagues told NCR that she led her group with persistence, collaboration, creativity and passion.
While religion was not originally an issue linked to conflicts in the country, deeply rooted religious hostility has in recent decades created a divide between Christians and Muslims in Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation.
Sr. Margaret Farrell addresses the continued issue of homelessness and the need for affordable housing — a situation that remains critical in Los Angeles and other large American cities.
Listen: In a special episode of "The Vatican Briefing," Joshua McElwee and Christopher White have an exclusive conversation with Loretto Sr. Jeannine Gramick about her Oct. 17 meeting with Pope Francis. Gramick says the pope "is trying to get us to move forward."
Even as Catholic women take a historic step as voting members of the Synod of Bishops, former Irish President Mary McAleese slammed the Vatican Oct. 13 in a parallel gathering in Rome calling for more equality for women.
The Africa Faith and Justice Network, founded by three Catholic religious orders to lobby in D.C., is celebrating 40 years. The organization now also seeks to empower advocacy efforts across the African continent.
Maasai tribespeople and their supporters, including sisters, face intimidation as the Tanzanian government, in the name of conservation and tourism, has tried to force the Maasai from their northern ancestral land.
From A Nun's Life podcast - Mercy Sr. Barb Giehl is also a mother and a grandmother. She talks about the gift of "a second vocation in life," and she shares some of the challenges involved with living in community.
