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Through the darkness of Advent, we await the coming light In the debut of the eighth panel of The Life, sisters draw on their experiences to reflect on the reality of the world today and meditate on Advent.

In the debut of the eighth panel of The Life, sisters draw on their experiences to reflect on the reality of the world today and meditate on Advent.
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Brazilian Scalabrini sister receives UNHCR prize for her work with refugees "It is not a celebration of my career [but] a tribute to each person, institution or public body that has walked this path with me, to each migrant, to each refugee, to each child in whose innocent sm...

This year the United Nations, through its UNHCR refugee agency, awarded Sr. Rosita Milesi with the Nansen Refugee Award for her effort in helping and protecting refugees, displaced and stateless people.
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Catholic officials blast $300B COP29 climate finance goal as too little Nearly 200 countries adopted a new financing target to assist developing countries respond to climate change at the United Nations climate change conference in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Catholic organizations at the UN climate change summit lambasted as too little a new $300 billion funding target nations adopted on Sunday, arguing it also lacks guarantees it won't push developing countries further into debt.

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Brazilian Scalabrini sister receives UNHCR prize for her work with refugees "It is not a celebration of my career [but] a tribute to each person, institution or public body that has walked this path with me, to each migrant, to each refugee, to each child in whose innocent sm...

"I consider advocacy aimed at developing public policies to be essential. I have never wasted an opportunity to engage in dialogue in favor of advancing legislation aligned with the aspirations of #refugees and #migrants." - Sr. Rosita Milesi www.globalsistersreport.org/brazilian-sc...

"I have been discovering that it is important to accompany the people in the midst of despair, to maintain hope for the people." - Sr. Olimpia González Núñez, who until October served as the secretary general of the Cuban Conference of Religious Men and Women

Amid shortages and blackouts, sisters accompany people of Cuba Despite years of shortages in Cuba, and now more constant blackouts, Catholic sisters and priests are committed to remain with those suffering on the island.

Food shortages, constant blackouts, drastic migration, inaccessbile medicine — amid the harsh daily realities in Cuba, sisters are still serving.

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Catholic sisters at COP29 uplift unequal ways climate change impacts women "The climate crisis is not gender-neutral. Women and girls disproportionately bear the brunt of climate change, yet their voices remain largely underrepresented in climate decision-making," said Jemim...

"The climate crisis is not gender-neutral. Women and girls disproportionately bear the brunt of climate change, yet their voices remain largely underrepresented in climate decision-making," said Jemimah Njuki, U.N. Women's chief of women's economic empowerment.

"What we're doing to the Earth... my insight is that this is the crucifixion of Christ. In a certain sense you could say that the crucifixion of Jesus was the prefiguration of the crucifixion that we are now giving to the Earth."

Q&A with Sr. Mary Frohlich, retreat leader and forest therapy guide Beyond her identity as a scholar and author, and foremost in her spiritual life, Sr. Mary Frohlich immerses herself in nature. She is a skilled hiking retreat leader, and certified as a forest therapy...

Beyond her identity as a scholar and author, Sr. Mary Frohlich is a skilled hiking retreat leader, certified as a forest therapy guide.

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"Let's not just focus on the 'fewness,' but appreciate the 'richness' in each of us who have responded to the call."

"The renewal of religious life might come from re-embracing some of the long-standing devotions that communities may have set aside for private practice."

'Signs of life everywhere': Old ways, new ideas sustain religious life, sisters say The Life - GSR's The Life panelists reflect on their experiences or observations of new spiritual life within religious life.

In GSR's monthly series The Life, a global panel of sisters reflect on a prompt related to religious life.

This month's theme is about finding hope despite dwindling membership among congregations:

"Irrelevancy & low numbers aren't the whole story." www.globalsistersreport.org/religious-li...

Without nuns in the top roles of these hospitals, "What does it mean to be a Catholic hospital when the enterprise has been so deeply commodified?" asks theologian M. Therese Lysaught.

As nuns disappear, many Catholic hospitals look more like megacorporations Nuns founded and led Catholic hospitals to treat sick and poor people. But over time, a focus on margins led the hospitals to transform into behemoths that operate for-profit subsidiaries and pay thei...

Nuns founded and led Catholic hospitals to treat sick and poor people. But over time, hospitals have transformed into behemoths that operate for-profit subsidiaries and pay their executives millions.
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Make clean energy, not wars, faith activists tell world leaders at climate summit Debate about how much money countries should direct toward addressing climate change has overlooked the massive spending on weapons and wars, say faith activists at  the U.N. climate conference in Aze...

Debate about how much money countries should direct toward addressing climate change has overlooked the massive spending on weapons and wars, say faith activists at the U.N. climate conference in Azerbaijan.
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Amid shortages and blackouts, sisters accompany people of Cuba Despite years of shortages in Cuba, and now more constant blackouts, Catholic sisters and priests are committed to remain with those suffering on the island.

In Cuba — where the population has declined 10% in one year, where hurricanes exacerbate constant blackouts, & where food shortages have people skipping meals — there you can still find Catholic sisters helping.

Rhina Guidos for @sistersreport.bsky.social : www.globalsistersreport.org/node/287571