Faith

Clerical abuse of women religious condemned

ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) — Thu, 02 May 2019 10:06:11 -0400

OTTAWA - Canada��Ƶapp Catholic bishops and religious men and women have condemned the clerical abuse of women religious in the wake of a French documentary that was aired on television in Quebec.

Indian police arrest one of 26 men accused in 1998 rape of four nuns

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Thu, 07 Mar 2019 09:21:49 -0500

BHOPAL, India – A man has been arrested for his alleged involvement in the mass rape of four Catholic nuns that occurred more than two decades ago in central India.

Church leaders treat them as outcasts after going public, nuns in Indian rape case say

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Tue, 05 Mar 2019 15:54:11 -0500

COCHIN, India – As the Vatican grapples to devise stronger protocols and responses following a historic summit focused on clergy sex abuse of minors, five nuns in India complain of church repression for their support of a former superior general who was allegedly raped by a bishop.

Nuns hope more women at summit sets standard for future Vatican meetings

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 06:19:43 -0500

ROME – The Catholic sisters who took part in Pope Francis' summit on clergy sexual abuse say they hope the presence of a dozen women at the gathering sets a standard for a growing presence of women at Vatican meetings of bishops.

Sister Wendy��Ƶapp eye for art created a TV star

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 14:53:15 -0500

WASHINGTON – Sr. Wendy Beckett has been widely described as both an unlikely art critic and television star, but that may have been what made her all the more likeable.

Indian nuns worked to prevent farmers' suicide after Kerala floods

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Wed, 02 Jan 2019 15:45:09 -0500

COCHIN, India – Ouseph Pappachan, a physically challenged farmer in flood-ravaged Kerala, said he and his wife are alive now because of Sister Regin Mathew.

Sisters of Mercy help push Canadian mining giant to abandon operations

mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 14:29:33 -0500

After years of lobbying by a small community of Catholic sisters from eastern Canada, the world��Ƶapp largest producer of potash is abandoning mining operations in territory south of Morocco.

Foreign nuns, priests run up against new rules that have denied some residency in Canada

jean.kodin@catholicregister.org (Jean Ko Din, The Catholic Register) — Wed, 05 Dec 2018 11:41:01 -0500

Sr. Vicky Nguyen was ready to profess her final vows this year and enter fully into the life of the Congregation of the Sisters Adorers of the Precious Blood, but one obstacle stood in her way. Her application for Canadian permanent residence was rejected.

Seniors from religious communities among the first to move in to Presentation Manor

mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 15:26:27 -0500

For 10 of the 32 years Sr. Rosemarie Donovan lived in Nigeria, she lived in a poor rural village. She had a one-room house. She pumped her water from the well with the other women and cooked her meals over a fire. The stars in the night sky filled up the heavens.

'Oldest nun in the world' who helped saved Jews during Holocaust dies at 110

Fri, 23 Nov 2018 14:35:15 -0500

KRAKOW, Poland – Believed to be the “oldest nun in the world,” Polish Dominican nun Sister Cecylia Maria Roszak has died at the age of 110, the Archdiocese of Krakow has announced.