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3 weeks ago | 
globalsistersreport.org | Dan Stockman |Doreen Ajiambo |Katie Scott |Chris Herlinger
In separate honors, Chris Herlinger, GSR's international correspondent, won three DeRose-Hinkhouse Memorial Awards by the Religion Communicators Council. In the category of writing for periodicals, Herlinger won best in class for reporting in 2024 from Central and Eastern Europe, including Ukraine, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. One of the judges said: "Emotionally engaging and historically educational, this series is mesmerizing.
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3 weeks 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 month 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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1 month 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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1 month 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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2 months 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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2 months 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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2 months 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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2 months 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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2 months 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.
