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3 days ago | 
catholicoutlook.org | Chris Herlinger |Dan Stockman
Catholic sisters hoping that the new pope would continue Pope Francis’ efforts to make the church less clerical and more inclusive of lay people may have had that prayer answered with the selection of the first pope from the U.S., Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV. Prevost, 69, has been a vocal proponent of Francis’ emphasis on synodality, which emerged early in the conclave as an important issue to a significant bloc of cardinals who can vote in the conclave.
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1 week ago | 
globalsistersreport.org | Chris Herlinger |Dan Stockman
Catholic sisters hoping that the new pope would continue Pope Francis’ efforts to make the church less clerical and more inclusive of lay people may have had that prayer answered with the selection of the first pope from the U.S., Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV. Prevost, 69, has been a vocal proponent of Francis' emphasis on synodality, which emerged early in the conclave as an important issue to a significant bloc of cardinals who can vote in the conclave.
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3 weeks ago | 
ncronline.org | Christopher White |Brian Fraga |Chris Herlinger |Brian Roewe
The Catholic Church is in mourning. Catholics around the world expressed their sadness and non-Catholics sent their condolences upon hearing the news of Pope Francis' death at age 88 on Easter Monday.
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3 weeks ago | 
globalsistersreport.org | Chris Herlinger |Dan Stockman
Editor's note: Global Sisters Report's Monday Starter is a feature from GSR staff writers that rounds up news from or about women religious that you may otherwise have missed.
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1 month ago | 
ncronline.org | Chris Herlinger |Carol Glatz
Two ambulances are seen March 23, 2025, in Romanina, a suburb of Rome. On the same day Pope Francis was discharged from Rome's Gemelli hospital after a five-week stay for treatment, a group of Vatican doctors took their Lenten alms initiative a step further, drove two ambulances from the Vatican to Romanina and helped provide medical care to a group of migrants.
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1 month ago | 
ncronline.org | Chris Herlinger |Carol Glatz
Citing commitments to the Gospel and the need to affirm justice-oriented values, Catholic sisters joined thousands in April 5 demonstrations against the administration policies of President Donald Trump. They and others say these policies are unjust and inflict pain on the marginalized and the vulnerable.
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1 month ago | 
globalsistersreport.org | Chris Herlinger |Carol Glatz
A group of more than a dozen faith-based activists — sisters of different congregations, lay associates, supporters — who participated in the April 5 "Hands Off!" demonstration in Washington D.C. were among those attending the nationwide rally. (GSR photo/Chris Herlinger) Citing commitments to the Gospel and the need to affirm justice-oriented values, Catholic sisters joined thousands in April 5 demonstrations against the administration policies of President Donald Trump.
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1 month ago | 
globalsistersreport.org | Chris Herlinger |Fredrick Nzwili
From A Nun's Life podcasts - Young women in India trying to get a good education were falling prey to human traffickers. The nuns discuss how the sisters confronted the issue.
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1 month ago | 
ncronline.org | Chris Herlinger |John Dear |Michael Sean Winters
Today Global Sisters Report launches "Out of the Shadows: Confronting Violence Against Women," a yearlong series on the ways Catholic sisters are responding to this global phenomenon. The series begins with an examination of how the issue has been addressed during the 69th session of the United Nations' Commission on the Status of Women, March 10-21. On Feb.
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1 month ago | 
ncronline.org | John Knebels |Pat Marrin |James V. Grimaldi |Chris Herlinger
Long before Catholic writer Flannery O'Connor raised her famous peacocks as an adult in rural Georgia, she kept canaries and chickens at 207 E. Charlton St., her childhood home in Savannah. She made the chickens' outfits — complete with underwear — with one donning a "white piqué coat with a lace collar and two buttons," she would later recall.
