Global Sisters Report-Africa

10/04/2025

Mater Ecclesiae Skills Training Centre aims to alleviate the poverty and suffering of the growing number of female school dropouts and teenage mothers in the area by providing training for employable skills.

10/04/2025

View from the Vatican: From Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday, there are six major liturgies, all of which normally involve the pope. This year, can Pope Francis take part without jeopardizing his recovery?

10/04/2025

"Women and children are suffering the most from the war," says a nun based in Goma, Congo. "They are subjected to r**e, and their dignity is being eroded, with little they can do because the perpetrators are armed."

07/04/2025

Nigerian sisters help young women overcome homelessness in the heart of Lagos.
The Ozanam House, run by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, has sheltered and reintegrated over 600 struggling young women and girls in Nigeria since its establishment in 1995.

The Ozanam House, run by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, has sheltered and reintegrated over 600 struggling young women and girls in Nigeria since its establishment in 1995.

07/04/2025

The death toll continues to rise above 3,000 from the March 28 quake in the Southeast Asian country. U.S. President Donald Trump has said the country will send aid.

07/04/2025

Two Catholic sisters killed in Haiti gang violence.
The two members of the Little Sisters of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus were among those killed last week by armed gang members in the central Haiti city of Mirebalais.

Two members of the Little Sisters of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus were among those killed earlier this week by armed gang members in the central Haiti city of Mirebalais.

07/04/2025

During his second week back at the Vatican after a long hospitalization, Pope Francis continued to follow his doctors' orders to stay home, avoid visitors and keep up with respiratory and physical therapy, the Vatican press office said.

07/04/2025

The pontiff's surprise entrance came during a special Jubilee Mass for those who are sick and those who care for the sick.

30/03/2025

Matteo Bruni, spokesman for the Holy See Press Office, said the 88-year-old pontiff, who is still recovering from a respiratory infection, continues to be weaned off oxygen support.

30/03/2025

Pope Francis on March 23 appeared in public for the first time in five weeks since his hospitalization began on Feb. 14.

30/03/2025

Missionary Sisters of Santo Domingo in the municipality of Kimbanseke in Kinshasa, the Congolese capital, fell victim to the attack on March 18. The attackers smashed the wall of the congregation's residence to gain entry.

26/03/2025

For Pope Francis' medical team at Rome's Gemelli hospital, Feb. 28 was the worst day.

26/03/2025

Sr. Delnise Silva belongs to the Our Lady of Sorrows congregation, which runs a school and an orphanage for children orphaned by HIV/AIDS in two impoverished rural communities in Zimbabwe.

25/03/2025

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.

20/03/2025

On March 18, the Italian daily paper Corriere della Serra published a letter from Pope Francis where he said his hospitalization has heightened his awareness to the "absurdity of war."

18/03/2025

The Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University organized a panel highlighting the downstream and life-or-death effects of the recent cuts to USAID.

17/03/2025

On March 16, the Vatican released a photo of Pope Francis. Earlier, he approved a three-year plan focused on implementing the reforms initiated by his recent synod on synodality.