Global Sisters Report

As COP31 approaches, Catholic sisters' struggling biogas initiatives at the Monastery of St. Dominic in Cameroon reveal the fragility of grassroots climate action in communities strained by war and poverty.

Sr. Monica Gail Grimes, who died in July at age 88, helped build a decades-long ministry alongside farmworkers and Black and Hispanic communities in Central Florida through the Hope CommUnity Center and beyond.

A sus 89 años, la Hna. Marlene Long, cirujana general, reconstructiva y oftálmica, y religiosa de las Hermanas Franciscanas Misioneras de María, ejerce en Ghana tras décadas atendiendo a poblaciones vulnerables en África y Asia. Como mujer negra, se abrió

"Keeping silence is an act of the will that engages the whole person and helps to cultivate solid relationships, because they are animated by the Word of God," Leo told the Dominican contemplatives.

La Hna. Karolina Luczak reflexiona sobre la incidencia de la esperanza en la vida consagrada en tiempos de guerras y polarización política. "Muchas religiosas viven y prestan servicio hoy en contextos donde los resultados son frágiles y la visibilidad es

The $100 million project, expected to take about 15 years, is reviving centuries-old masonry techniques to create a self-sustaining monastery complex that will eventually house up to 40 sisters.

"Site visits offer something that reports and data alone cannot: a culture of encounter," writes Sr. Jane Wakahiu.

The synodality of walking together is an ancient image in the church as a community on a pilgrimage, listening to every voice in and around and within us.

After 60 years in religious life, Reiley has worked in Japan with cancer patients and their families, day laborers, refugees, children from troubled homes and communities recovering from disaster.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has lifted a financial freeze on Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley, restoring federal funding to the South Texas nonprofit run by prominent Catholic leader Sr. Norma Pimentel, she said on Friday, Sept. 25