by John Freund, CM | Apr 6, 2013 | Pope
The AP reports …”Pope Francis on Saturday named a Spanish Franciscan to be the No. 2 at the Vatican’s office for religious orders, his first appointment to the Vatican bureaucracy badly in need of a shakeup. “Jose Rodriguez, who also was...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 14, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Jane Karakunnel, SCN writes, “Our religious vocation begins and ends in the desire for God, said Sister Shalini Mulackal, PBVM, the resource person for the one and a half-day Theological reflection on ‘a new way of being women religious in the Asian context’...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 5, 2012 | Justice and Peace
Over 190 religious orders in Australia, representing 8000 religious sisters, brothers and priests stand against trafficking in humans. ACRATH stands for the Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans.  ACRATH is committed to working together towards...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 13, 2012 | Church
John Allen of NCR writes, “There are undeniably important church/state issues in play in America, but if they constitute a “war,” it’s a metaphorical one, waged in legislatures and courthouses. Too often lost in the shuffle is the fact —...
by John Freund, CM | Jun 17, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Issuing a call for intergenerational dialog,  Patricia Wittberg, Sister of Charity of Cincinnati, Ohio, and sociology professor at  Indiana Univeristy-Perdue University in Indianapolis delivered the keynote address for the Canadian Council of Religious Annual Meeting....
