Singapore, Nov 2 2019: Eighty-one-year-old Sister Gerard Fernandez, who for four decades has counseled prisoners in the country’s death row, has been included in the yearly list of BBC’s most influential women from all over the globe, joining a varied group that includes US Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Swedish climate changeContinue Reading

By Sujata Jena Manila, October 22, 2019: Chrisma C. Bangaoil is a lay missionary-warrior, who flies, drives, and treks to reach out to the indigenous people in the Philippines. She single-heartedly commits to the social and pastoral care of the indigenous people in the farthest region of Mindanao, southern Philippines.Continue Reading

By Courtney Mares Patna, October 22, 2019: In most religious orders’ novitiate year, prospective sisters study and pray. Sister Crescencia Sun, however, had another habit to acquire: treating snakebite victims. In rural Bihar, about 4,500 people die of venomous snake bites each year. When the Sisters of Our Lady ofContinue Reading