Religious sisters have not been present at the dialogue tables between opposition groups, like members of the church hierarchy have in Colombia, something that resulted in the signing of peace agreements in 2016. But with their ministries and presence in towns that
As the nation marks National Human Trafficking Awareness Day Jan. 11, women religious in the U.S. are combating modern slavery with prayer and education.
The Alliance to End Human Trafficking -- whose members include more than 100 congregations of Catholic women religious --
Four congregations of women religious filed suit against the board of gunmaker Smith & Wesson Dec. 5 in a Las Vegas court, the day before a shooter killed three people and critically wounded a fourth on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Three orders of women religious were honored for their long ministry of education, pastoral outreach and witness to the Gospel.
Metropolitan Archbishop Borys A. Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia conferred the 2023 Metropolitan Service Award on the Jesus, Lover of
A community of women religious in Pennsylvania is mourning the tragic death of one of its sisters who was traveling within the state to promote vocations.
Sister Augustine Marie (Georganne) Molnar, 43, was killed Nov. 18 in a head-on automobile accident on Route
Born in France, Rose-Philippine entered the Visitation of Mary convent. When the French revolution closed religious houses, she returned home and immersed herself in charitable work. She organized a new community of sisters, and with the acceptance of , she incorporated her
A group of Benedictine nuns from Argentina will move into the Mater Ecclesiae monastery in January. The monastery in the Vatican Gardens was where retired Pope Benedict XVI resided until his death.
On Oct. 31 in London, the spotlight was on the exceptional contribution of Catholic religious sisters to the anti-trafficking movement at the inaugural Sisters Anti-Trafficking Awards, or SATAs. The event in London honored Sister Seli Thomas of the Sisters of Mary Immaculate
Pope Francis has appointed a woman for the first time to be the No. 2 official of the Roman Curia office that works with religious orders and their members.
Consolata Missionary Sister Simona Brambilla will be secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of
Growing up in a devout Catholic family, Sister Nancy Usselmann knew of many religious orders. But, she said, she never considered joining one. “Many of them would see me with my sisters and cousins around the same age and ask if we