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by bcadmin | Jul 14, 2022 | Catholic women, Church in Europe, Environment, lead, leadership, Missionaries, News, Pope Francis, UISG, Women religious | 0 |
With the push for a greater inclusion of women in positions of leadership in the Church continuing to gain steam, the largest global umbrella group of women religious is highlighting what women are already doing across a variety of fields.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 21, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, Healthcare, maternal mortality, News, Nigeria, Women religious | 0 |
A Catholic diocese and nuns are working to reduce the number of women who die in childbirth and the number of children who die young, and a hospital administrator said it does not take expensive technology.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 21, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, Healthcare, maternal mortality, News, Nigeria, Women religious | 0 |
A Catholic diocese and nuns are working to reduce the number of women who die in childbirth and the number of children who die young, and a hospital administrator said it does not take expensive technology.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 15, 2022 | Alzheimer’s, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, News, UISG, Women religious | 0 |
Having a member over 100 years old is not unusual today for orders of Catholic women religious.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 6, 2022 | Benedict XVI, John Paul II, lead, News, Papal health, Pope Francis, UISG, Vatican, Women religious | 0 |
For the first time, Pope Francis Thursday was seen in public being transported in a wheelchair to an audience with the leaders of women’s religious communities, which the Vatican ascribed to his recent difficulties with knee pain.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 30, 2022 | Associated Press, Black Catholics, Church in the US, News, Racism, Women religious | 0 |
Even as a young adult, Shannen Dee Williams – who grew up Black and Catholic in Memphis, Tennessee – knew of only one Black nun, and a fake one at that: Sister Mary Clarence, as played by Whoopi Goldberg in the comic film “Sister Act.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 30, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Global church, News, UISG, Women religious | 0 |
Superiors of women’s religious orders from around the world will gather in Rome or online to look at their areas of vulnerability and find ways to “embrace” them.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 7, 2022 | Catholic women, Interviews, lead, News, Religious Life, Theology, Women religious | 0 |
One theologian has voiced her belief that the vow obedience in religious life, while necessary, is ill-defined and because of this, has allowed the abuse and mistreatment of religious women for decades.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 1, 2022 | Consecrated women, News, U.S. & World News, Women religious, worldwide prayer network | 0 |
Pope Francis encouraged religious sisters and consecrated women to continue to show courage amid difficulties, even if it means pushing back against the Church they serve faithfully.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 15, 2021 | Church in Europe, Human trafficking, lead, News, RENATE, Talitha Kum, U.S. embassy to the Holy See, UISG, Women religious | 0 |
Several women religious who have spent decades working on the frontlines in the fight against human trafficking have stressed the important role young people can play in eradicating the problem.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 11, 2021 | Gospel of St. Luke, Joanna, Mary Magdalene, News, Sisters of Charity, Sisters of Charity of St. Jeanne-Antide Thouret, Susanna, Synod of Bishops, Synod process, synodality, U.S. & World News, Women religious | 0 |
Women religious have an essential role in the process of creating a more synodal church and in preparations for the Synod of Bishops, not just through their prayers and participation, but also by listening to people not usually part of such church activities, Pope Francis said.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 16, 2021 | Church in Europe, Environment, Human trafficking, lead, Migrants, News, Sister Norma Pimentel, UISG, Women, Women religious | 0 |
Sisters working on the frontlines in various fields said their role as advocates is not about speaking for the people they assist, but empowering those individuals to find their own voice.
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