GSR Staff

After fleeing to southern Vietnam in 1954, congregations of women religious dedicated themselves to serving their local communities during wartime challenges, and later worked to restore their communities in the north.

The 1954 Geneva Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam led to a mass exodus from communist North Vietnam. Catholic sisters were among those who fled. 70 years later, they shared their stories with GSR.

Have you read The Life on Global Sisters Report and thought about what you might share if you were a panelist? Now is your chance to join the conversation!

The National Catholic Reporter Publishing Co. is pleased to announce that Soli Salgado, currently International Editor of Global Sisters Report, will become Editor as of Sept. 2, 2024.

Global Sisters Report has once again been honored for its series "Hope Amid Turmoil: Sisters in Conflict Areas" — one of 10 awards awarded to GSR and the National Catholic Report by the Associated Church Press.

Doreen Ajiambo and Global Sisters Report were honored May 3 as first runner up in the Annual Journalism Excellence Awards, presented by the Media Council of Kenya during World Press Freedom Day.   

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."

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.

GSR Today - Welcome to the seventh year of our monthly series called The Life. Our 2023-24 panel of 20 sisters will reflect on issues that impact the lives of Catholic women religious around the globe.

As the Synod on Synodality is taking place in Rome, Global Sisters Report, in conjunction with National Catholic Reporter, is offering this resource page as an easy one-stop place to find information about this historic event.

Global Sisters Report is delighted to welcome its new column editor, Benedictine Sr. Helga Leija. Sister Helga will be taking over for Ursuline Sr. Michele Morek, whose retirement will become effective on June 30.

The Associated Church Press recognized the 2022 journalism of Global Sisters Report with seven awards related to convention coverage and the war in Ukraine.

GSR Today - Welcome to the sixth year of our monthly series called The Life. Our 2022-23 panel of 20 sisters will reflect on issues that impact the lives of Catholic women religious around the globe.

Global Sisters Report, the National Catholic Reporter, and EarthBeat launched updated and newly redesigned websites on Oct. 17.

GSR won nine awards from Catholic Media Association for stories published in 2021, with many related to coverage of the effects of the pandemic. Notably, judges recognized GSR's signature series "A Just Transition."

The National Catholic Reporter Publishing Company has received a $3.3 million grant from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation for the continuation and expansion of the online publication Global Sisters Report.

The Associated Church Press recognized the 2021 journalism of Global Sisters Report with several awards, including Awards of Excellence related to national reporting, in-depth coverage, theme issues and interviews.

Sisters at the UISG plenary included prayers for Russian President Vladimir Putin "to hold this space of goodness, even for him. The spirit of good is extraordinary." 

As the world seeks normalcy in the COVID-19 pandemic's third year, leaders and experts urge vaccination and vigilance amid complacency, vaccine opposition, economic hardship, and inequalities in vaccine access.