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Religious Life in East and Central Africa Read more

Religious Life in East and Central Africa

Religious Life for Women in East and Central Africa: A Sustainable Future This project was funded by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation’s Catholic Sisters’ Initiative and carried out by a two research partners in the UK: the Centre for Catholic Studies of Durham University and the Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology, Cambridge. It explored theRead more…

Nuns on ‘front lines’ of coronavirus pandemic Read more

Nuns on ‘front lines’ of coronavirus pandemic

ROME – As the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic continues to spread, women religious throughout the world have been working in areas such as prevention and awareness, and caring for the poor, sick and elderly. Speaking to Crux, Sister Pat Murray, executive secretary of the International Union of Superiors General (UISG), said their communities “are on the frontRead more…

UISG Bulletin n. 171 – 2020 Read more

UISG Bulletin n. 171 – 2020

Presentation of UISG Bulletin n. 171 –  2020 Download the whole bulletin in English here The Experience of “Sorority” in a Globalized World In this issue of the Bulletin, we wanted to deal more closely with a dramatic aspect of the phenomenon of forced migration in our time: the care for unaccompanied foreign minors. The ChurchRead more…