Prince Charles described how as Isis extremists advanced on the Christian town of Qaraqosh in 2014, Sister Luma “got behind the wheel of a minibus crammed full of her fellow Christians and drove the long and dangerous road to safety.”
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Holy Cross Sisters help Ugandan women resist domestic violence
KYENJOJO, Uganda (CNS) — Not all that long ago, family members and residents of this small town in western Uganda mourned the loss of Sarah Baguma, who was stabbed to death by her husband in a domestic wrangle. Her cousin, Rachael Nabirye, told police that Baguma was stabbed six times in her abdomen and head. […]
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Sister Norma Pimentel welcomes President Trump during border visit
“We witness daily how, working together, people of all faiths can focus on helping the person in front of us,” Sister Pimentel, the executive director of Catholic Charities in the Rio Grande Valley, wrote in an op-ed addressed to the president yesterday in The Washington Post.
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Sister Helen Prejean fought the death penalty—and won
We talk to Sister Helen about how “sneaky Jesus” changed her life forever.
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Battle of wills: Tiny order of French nuns takes on Vatican
The sisters argue that the Vatican commissioners sent to replace their superior general, who is also the niece of the order’s founder, have no understanding of their way of life or spirituality.
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Global Catholic nuns urge reporting of sex abuse to police
The International Union of Superiors General, which represents more than 500,000 sisters worldwide, vowed to help nuns who have been abused to find the courage to report it, and pledged to help victims heal and seek justice.
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In Vietnam, nuns’ wheelchair ministry frees people to make a living
Le Thi Re says they are grateful to the Catholic nuns who offered her daughter a wheelchair, calling it “a priceless gift which helps change her life.”
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Catholic women urge bishops to work together and with laity for healing
The U.S. bishops, who gathered for a time of prayer at the start of their annual fall meeting in Baltimore, were urged by Catholic women church leaders Nov. 12 to be courageous and work with each other and the laity to move forward from this moment when the church is reeling from abuse allegations.
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Final HHS rule confirms religious exemption to contraceptive mandate
In a joint statement Nov. 9, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the chairman of its Committee for Religious Liberty applauded the Trump administration’s decision “to finalize common-sense regulations” for religious employers.
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You have to visit the border to understand the migrant caravan
For Sister Norma Pimentel, who has worked on the U.S.-Mexico border for decades, migration is not a political issue; it is a human issue.