by John Freund, CM | Feb 4, 2024 | Church
Band of Sisters tells the story of Catholic nuns and their work for social justice after Vatican II of the 1960s. For Catholics who wonder what became of the nuns they knew in habits and convents many years ago, for activists who may feel profoundly discouraged given...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 31, 2014 | Church
The Pope in pictures for 2014 – It was a busy year for Pope Francis. From the canonization of John Paul II and John XXIII to his trips to the Holy Land, South Korea and Turkey. CLICK to view the year in 2 minutes courtesy of RomeReports. There were plenty of...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 21, 2014 | Church
The ten commandments of Communication – “To communicate is to unify” is the first of the “Ten Words of Communication” that Fr. Federico Lombardi, director of the Holy See press office, described in a lecture given Nov. 24 at the Pontifical Salesian University...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 15, 2014 | Church, Daughters of Charity, Sisters of Charity
Sisters of Charity Seton Hill show nuances of research Are sisters growing or declining? There is a great need for nuances according to a new CARA report. Individual communities show varied, nuanced trends. For the last 50 years, the prevailing narrative in the...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 12, 2014 | Church
Global Sisters offers this review of a book published by Catholic University in which Sisters share their experience of Visitation. Earlier this year stories were circulating that the long-awaited final report on the Apostolic Visitation of U.S. women religious would...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 15, 2014 | Church
The Church Isn’t Going Away on Immigration Reform Christopher Hale writes a summary in Busted Halo of recent and forthcoming developments with immigration reform from the viewpoint of Catholic Bishops. Congress is back in session after their summer break, and we can...
