From NCRonline.org - On May 9, 2013, I wrote the following headline: "For LCWR, the more the papacy changes, the more it stays the same." One year later, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, sadly, has confirmed my suspicions.
Commentary on NCRonline.org - Barbara Marx Hubbard responds to comments about conscious evolution made by Cardinal Gerhard Müller during a meeting of officials of the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
by Jan Cebula
GSR Today - So many noteworthy events and stories are already coming across our desks and computer screens here at the office of Global Sisters Report. We’d like to be able to make them all into feature stories but that just won’t be possible. From time to time in the GSR Today blog we will be calling your attention to news items you may have missed. Here are a few that have happened since GSR has been up and running.
by Elizabeth Eisenstadt Evans
Contributor
Sr. Karen Dietrich is head of a successful quintet of Catholic grade schools in Camden, N.J. Established in 2009, Catholic Partnership Schools is a non-profit management organization that pooled resources to eliminate debt and bring technology, services and extra-curricular activities to the 1,000 students they serve. Without it, three of the five schools would have closed.
by GSR Staff
Global Sisters Report asked several sisters in Nairobi to describe themselves and their work, which includes teaching, broadcasting and advocating for women. They are Srs. Adelaide Ndilu, Dr Ephigenia Gachiri, Agnes Wamuyu Ngure and Lina Wanjiku.
Elizabeth Eisenstadt Evans is a frequent contributor to the Global Sisters Report, and a freelance writer whose work has appeared in Religion News Service, National Catholic Reporter, Sojourners, Christian Century, The Washington Post and Philadelphia Inquirer. She resides in Glenmoore, Pennsylvania, with her family.
The citizens of the Sovereign Republic of Kiribati, who are the descendants of people who have been living on the same South Pacific island for 3,000 to 5,000 years, will be homeless in only 15 years, as rising sea levels pollute their water supply and eventually submerge their homes.
by GSR Staff
"Rescue me, O Lord, from evil men; preserve me from violent men who devise evil things in their hearts. They continually stir up wars."
by N.J. Viehland
May 10 is World Fair Trade Day, and Bote Central, Inc., one coffee processing company in the Philippines, is working to support local farmers through sustainable and Fair Trade practices.
GSR Today - Hands-down, the biggest story of the week has been Cardinal Gerhard Müller’s message to the Leadership Conference of Women Religious on April 30. On a happier note, a group of Mexican sisters in Ohio are knocking on doors to bring Catholics back into the fold. And it’s working.
