On Oct. 28, a delegation stood before the pope in Rome, presenting an album of prayers and messages. It would have seemed improbable a year earlier, when a very different delegation stood before a locked gate outside Chicago.
Pope Leo XIV's early discharge from the hospital gave 15,000 pilgrims who packed into St. Peter's Square under overcast skies their chance to see the pope on Oct. 18.
"As women, we don't walk alone; together we shape history to help other women find freedom and build community," Sr. Ivania Blandón Montenegro said. "Synodality is exactly that."
Pope Leo XIV named Irish Sr. Mary Teresa Barron to lead the Vatican's global network of missionary societies, making her the first woman to hold the post.
A hospital run by the Daughters of Divine Love faces challenges from heavy rains and floods, which have damaged sections of the road leading to their community.
Franciscan Sr. Margaret Carney wrote the libretto for "Francis: An Oratorio in Nine Scenes." Performances with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra are set for Oct. 10 and 11.
As COP31 approaches, Catholic sisters' struggling biogas initiatives at the Monastery of St. Dominic in Cameroon reveal the fragility of grassroots climate action in communities strained by war and poverty.
