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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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 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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"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...

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

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"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.

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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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...

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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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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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.

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