Chris Herlinger

Chris Herlinger is international correspondent to Global Sisters Report and also writes on humanitarian and international issues for NCR. He has reported from South Sudan and Darfur, Sudan, as well as numerous other locales, including Haiti, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Israel and the Occupied Territories, Kenya and Ethiopia and Liberia. He is the co-author, with Paul Jeffrey, of books on Haiti and Darfur, published by Seabury, and a third, on global hunger, published in 2015.

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A mural at the onetime Dominican compound in the city of Suchitoto depicts the desire for peace in El Salvador. (GSR / Chris Herlinger)

El Salvador sisters see hope, work for change in a still-violent society

Healing takes time, "as does the journey of justice." Once a symbol of Central America's wars in the 1980s, El Salvador is now a symbol for other challenges: gangs, immigration and a stalled economy.

Q & A with Sr. Draru Mary Cecilia, creating educational opportunities for sisters in Africa

Sr. Draru Mary Cecilia, a member of the Little Sisters of Mary Immaculate of Gulu in northern Uganda, is the executive director of the African Sisters Education Collaborative, or ASEC. A cornerstone of ASEC's work is delivering "educational programs that strengthen the capacity of women religious in Africa" and enable them to better minister to those they serve.

Nuclear weapons are not being eliminated any time soon

 In a world caught up in the noise of other issues, and with the U.N. itself conceding that its members are frustrated by the slow pace of nuclear disarmament, does the issue of nuclear disbarment have any traction?

Create sustainable cities, say sisters with UN civil society group

Maryknoll Mission Institute at 50 years: 'We are alive and well to the world'

Survey tracks inequality, amid UN effort to end poverty by 2030

Longtime president of Mercy Housing, Sr. Lillian Murphy, 78, dies

Events for day against trafficking focus on need for governments to act

Advocates work to stop human trafficking's causes like poverty, exploitation of human rights

Tragedy, caution and hope as South Sudan marks eight years of independence

Q & A with Sr. Hellen Lamunu, who believes in post-traumatic forgiveness

New book says prevailing national interests and need for reform hinder United Nations

Congregations push UN to confront homelessness

International Union of Superiors General advocates for women, sees influence grow

Women and Earth are 'on receiving end of patriarchy' when it comes to profit

Sisters at UN meeting on women emphasize human rights, local action

Catholic groups decry Trump's proposed cuts to foreign aid

Women in theology share trials and triumphs at panel event

UN Commission on the Status of Women to focus on social protections

Sr. Orla Treacy receives Women of Courage award for her work in South Sudan