Sisters back shareholder proposal that gunmaker study impact of gun sales June 16, 2022By Dan Stockman Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Gun manufacturer Sturm, Ruger & Company Inc. will examine the human rights impact of selling thousands of guns per year, thanks to a shareholder proposal backed by women religious.
Research shows original congregations of Sisters of Charity owned slaves February 15, 2022By Dan Stockman Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News New research from public records and congregation and diocesan archives has found that six congregations of the Sisters of Charity Federation have predecessors who owned slaves.
‘Our most tragic time’: Felician sisters bear loss of 13 sisters to COVID-19 July 23, 2020By Dan Stockman Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Seniors, World News And in one awful month — from Good Friday, April 10, to May 10 — 12 sisters died of COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus. Eighteen other Felician sisters at the convent in Livonia had the illness as well.