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SRA hospice changes lives
A hospice that the Sisters of Queen of Apostles started almost five years ago in Mangalore is changing the perception of death-bed service, say nuns attached to it. “It is no more a place where
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Marriage balancing act for women
Toward the end of the 20th century, after the UN’s 1995 World Conference on Women and Decade for Women (1976-1985), women the world over were becoming aware of their rights. States were
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‘Problem is formation, not patriarchy’
Salesian psychologist Father Jose Parapully says patriarchy is not the cause of problems Catholic nuns face within the Church. He argues adequate formation could help better nuns’ status in the
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Remembering Jesuit Bishop Claver
The sun broke through as we rolled into the remote town where Bishop Francisco Claver wanted to meet parishioners and their priest. It was August 1981, the height of the Ferdinand Marcos Martial Law
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