Biharis, the majority of which are Urdu-speaking Muslims, have challenges when it comes to education and understanding the Bengali language. Highly educated Biharis make up less than 2% of the refugee camp population in Dhaka.
Sr. Anne Marie Lamoureux helped create Seeds of Hope, a program at the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton that offers retreats for people on society's margins — addicts, the homeless, the poor and isolated.
The Life - This month, we ask our panelists: "When we stop doing, we ask ourselves, who are we? When you are not working in your ministry, who are you?"
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.
A shareholder's resolution led by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace calls for Citigroup to examine its efforts to respect the human rights of Indigenous people in the projects it finances and invests in.
People on both sides of the reality-TV discernment journey claim significant benefits from the experience, even though none of the young women from the show actually became a nun.
Sr. Laure Blanchon of the Ursulines of the Roman Union met with GSR in Paris to discuss how the French Catholic church can reform and be faithful to its mission, in the wake of abuse revelations.
Following the sudden cancellation of an April 30 court hearing between the Arlington Carmelite nuns and Fort Worth Catholic Bishop Michael Olson, lawyers representing the diocese told the Fort Worth Report that the nuns withdrew their request for a temporary restraining order without explanation.