Catholic priests, nuns, seminarians, and human rights activists in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) province are urging authorities to investigate alleged human trafficking and exploitation at a nightclub in Sikka Regency on Flores Island.
Catholic priests and nuns in the Diocese of Pathein in Myanmar came out in the streets this week to show support and solidarity for the call for peace and democracy in the country.
Several of the sisters, popularly known as the Shanti Rani Sisters, marked their golden and silver anniversaries. Others took their final professions while new nuns took their first vows.
Due to pressure from the Chinese government, eight Catholic nuns have reportedly been forced to leave their convent in the northern province of Shanxi. Their current whereabouts have not been reported.
The Office of Papal Charities in the Vatican has received a building in Rome from a women’s religious congregation for free use to shelter migrants and refugees arriving in Italy.
Cardinal Konrad Krajewski’s visit to the Daughters of St. Camillus in the Alban Hills and to the Congregation of the Angelic Sisters of St. Paul in a Roman suburb was to bring Pope Francis’ closeness and affection to the religious, some of whom have tested positive to the new coronavirus.