Sr. Helen Mary Anthony, a gynecologist and Sister of St. Anne Bangalore, will take over May 1 as the first woman director of the Catholic Health Association of India.
The Life - GSR's panelists reflect on this question: Do you remember a moment in your life when you felt called to say yes to God, even when it was difficult or uncertain? How did that decision shape your path?
In celebration of the United States' 250th anniversary, the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton will display the role of sisters throughout the nation's history.
Catholic sisters and advocates gathered outside ICE headquarters on the feast of St. Oscar Romero, condemning violent tactics and urging agents to follow conscience over unjust orders.
A U.S. policy change easing R-1 visa restrictions offers modest relief for foreign-born religious workers, but advocates say ongoing immigration hurdles continue to disrupt ministries and the communities they serve.
At the U.N.'s Commission on the Status of Women, Catholic sisters and advocates pointed to community-based solutions and women's leadership as essential to advancing justice and ending gender-based violence.
With few vocations to consecrated life in Cuba, the church relies on missionaries like Njoka to help with catechesis and to take the Gospel to places where there's a reluctance to embrace religious beliefs.
Though not an official status, in South America "women's diaconate already exists as a daily service and as a baptismal vocation," said Fr. José Luís Loyola, president of CLAR.
"Even if we step outside this room, there will be medicine right outside the door," says Sr. Lioba Kibor, director of Medicine at Your Door Step, a project of the Missionary Benedictine Sisters in Kenya.
