Eight Missionary Sisters of the Gospel, ages 79 to 98, live at Chêne de Mambré, a béguinage in Angers, France. Twenty-six residents ages 70 to 100, most of them laypeople, live there as well.
Eight Missionary Sisters of the Gospel, ages 79 to 98, live at Chêne de Mambré, a béguinage in Angers, France. Twenty-six residents ages 70 to 100, most of them laypeople, live there as well.
El Gobierno nicaragüense despojó de su estatus legal a 26 congregaciones católicas, en su mayoría comunidades de religiosas que desempeñaban un papel fundamental en el apoyo a los más vulnerables. Los ministerios de las hermanas proporcionaban alimentos, atención a personas mayores y otros servicios esenciales a los pobres. La medida amenaza la estabilidad de estos servicios y aumenta la incertidumbre sobre el futuro de la vida religiosa en Nicaragua.
Network Advocates for Catholic Social Justice have issued an 18-page resource in response to Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation's policy document for a future Republican presidential administration.
The silver coffin of St. Teresa of Ávila was opened in Alba de Tormes Aug. 28 only to confirm her body has remained incorrupt since her death in 1582. The opening of her tomb marks the beginning of a study of her relics, which will be carried out by Italian doctors and scientists — with the approval of the Vatican.
Mercy Sr. Theresa Kane, who fought for decades for the equality of women in the Catholic Church — famously publicly challenging the pope on the issue in 1979 — died Aug. 22. She was 87.
Bishop James V. Johnston of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Missouri, released results of the investigation by medical experts into Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster's incorruptibility in a press release on the diocesan website Aug. 22, the feast of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
The religious sisters who operate Talitha Kum Zambia assist trafficking victims like Angela, who responded to an ad for a teaching job in Thailand and was instead held captive and coerced into scamming people online.
As thousands of immigrants flood into New York City, Catholic Charities is at the forefront of a humanitarian response. The organization provides essential services, legal aid and emotional support.
Considering trends within religious life that point to shifting attitudes, sisters at LCWR assembly are reminded that they are not their institutions or forms of governing. Rather, they are united by their call to be a presence of love amid suffering.
