Chris Herlinger

Gender-based violence was the focus of many of this year's sessions at the United Nations' Commission on the Status of Women, showing the extent to which the problem remains persistent, serious and endemic.

 Salesian Missions joined other humanitarian groups on March 22 in marking World Water Day, a United Nations-led commemoration to bring attention to the need for safe, clean water.

The Mercy Girl Effect brings together students at all-girls Mercy-affiliated high schools "to share ideas and educate the young women in our midst about the plight of girls worldwide," says Sr. Deirdre Mullan.

Plus, a new study from UNANIMA looks at how certain groups, such as women and children, experience homelessness.

As the new associate executive secretary of the International Union of Superiors General, Sr. Roxane Schares brings a rich history of working with refugees to the global sisterhood.

Following an extraordinary shift in U.S. policy towards Ukraine, Catholics are among those upholding the importance of truth in the face of propaganda and political maneuvering. 

As the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion looms, civilians and combatants alike are tired of blood and muck, loss and terror. 

In the abrupt decision to cut off USAID to hurting countries and vital programs, the United States chose the market over morality as a primary value.

With President Donald Trump overseeing massive sudden cuts to the United States Agency for International Development, sisters and organizers express grave concern for the global health ramifications.

Haiti's problems are seemingly almost never-ending. Advocates — like congregational representatives at the U.N. — say the beleaguered country needs more attention and more support from the global community.

"We don't go in and build houses. We don't go in and dig ditches. We go in and talk to the Haitian people about what their needs are," said Adrian Dominican Sr. Rosemary Finnegan in a recent interview.

Also, Catholic sisters and sister-led groups react to President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration and pardon of Jan. 6 rioters.

The Sisters of St. John the Evangelist combat human trafficking in Haiti through Santa Teresita del Niño Jesús, a shelter for potentially trafficked children and unaccompanied minors trying to cross the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

In a letter to President Joe Biden, Catholic activists join organizations supporting an initiative promoting debt relief. In Rome, the Community of Sant'Egidio plans to honor Sr. Dorothy Stang.

Sisters all over the world share how Advent offers hope and needed silence after a year rife with uncertainty that follows war, violence and division.

Communities of women religious have established relationships with Native tribes whose ancestral lands the sisters currently own, and consider what land justice could look like under their care.

UISG hosts webinar reflecting on the synod. Catholic Health Care Association condemns killing of Brian Thompson. Advocates urge Biden to commute death sentences.

Fearing President-elect Donald Trump's promise of mass deportations, sisters and Catholic groups organize support for undocumented immigrants living in uncertainty.

UISG hosts a webinar on the promising outcomes of the October synod on synodality. A sister in Malaysia is honored for her work in education.

US congregations of women religious released statements following President-elect Donald Trump's victory, calling for hope and sharing their determination to serve the vulnerable.