Global Sisters Report-Africa

25/09/2025

After a pilgrimage that gathered LGBTQ Catholics in Rome for the Jubilee Year, advocates said that Pope Leo XIV is following Pope Francis' spirit of inclusion, even though Leo has called doctrinal change unlikely.

25/09/2025

In Kenya, Catholic sisters are helping teenage mothers reclaim their dignity and rebuild their futures while leading bold campaigns to end gender-based violence in their communities.

"When we empower a young mother, she's able to protect herself from abuse, care for her children and hopefully break the cycle of poverty," Sr. Lucy Kanjira said.

25/09/2025

💔 A terrible loss for the Church in Tanzania. Four Catholic sisters and their driver died in a tragic road accident on Sept. 15 after attending a joyful perpetual vows ceremony. One sister survived but remains hospitalized in critical condition.

The Missionary Sisters of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus were returning from a profession ceremony when their vehicle collided with a truck near Mwanza.

25/09/2025

Catholic sisters in South Africa say they are being overlooked by international donors who assume the country is “too rich” for aid.

But behind the statistics are families in informal settlements, children without food, and caregivers who sometimes work without pay.

Catholic sisters describe collapsing ministries, growing inequality and urgent needs they say go unseen by international supporters.

25/09/2025

Pope Leo thanked the sisters of four religious orders on Monday “for the good you do in so many countries and in so many different contexts.”

25/09/2025

🌍 As the UN General Assembly meets this week, Catholic sisters are lifting up the voices of the poor and the planet.

Guided by Catholic Social Teaching — dignity, solidarity, care for creation, and the common good — sisters connect their ministries to the global goals for ending poverty, advancing peace, and protecting our Earth.

✨ From classrooms to clinics, refugee camps to climate-affected villages, sisters remind world leaders: policies only matter when they serve people.

When it comes to advocating for the marginalized, women religious "have the history even before some of the member states became members of the U.N.," Sr. Mary Jane Caspillo said.

25/07/2025

In Bangladesh, grief and shock gripped the capital, Dhaka, after a military jet crashed into Milestone School and College on July 21, killing at least 31 and injuring more than 170.

25/07/2025

In a small border town between Kenya and Tanzania sits Savelberg Mixed Day and Boarding Primary School, founded in 2012 by the Little Sisters of St. Joseph to provide the community with a learning institution.

25/07/2025

Catholic nuns in northern Mozambique are risking their lives to serve the thousands displaced by an Islamist insurgency that has ravaged the region for nearly eight years.

25/07/2025

Behind Mombasa, Kenya's luxury beach resorts, child s*x tourism casts a dark shadow. But Catholic sisters on the ground are working to end it, restoring the dignity of one girl at a time.

25/07/2025

Pope Leo XIV met with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune at the Vatican to discuss bilateral relations, interreligious dialogue, and peace in North Africa. They also addressed the Catholic Church’s role in Algeria, especially in education and humanitarian work.

22/07/2025

Pope Leo XIV has received a call from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas following an Israeli strike on Gaza’s only Catholic church that killed three people. The Pope renewed his plea to protect civilians and sacred sites. Fr. Gabriel Romanelli, the church’s pastor, described the devastation and called for peace.

Fr. Gabriel Romanelli described the carnage from a recent shelling of his parish and asked the universal church community for prayers. "Let's try to convince the whole world to end this war," he said.