Chris Herlinger

An outpouring of tributes followed the death of Peruvian theologian Fr. Gustavo Gutiérrez, regarded as the father of Latin American liberation theology.

The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation awarded its Hilton Humanitarian Prize for the first time to a South American Indigenous organization, Amazon Frontlines.

In excerpts from Solidarity and Mercy, a new book compiling and adding to his reporting for GSR and NCR, Chris Herlinger profiles Fr. Aleksandr Bohomoz, a Catholic cleric who left Russia-occupied Ukraine in late 2022.

Amazon Frontlines is "the first organization of Indigenous and Western human rights and climate activists to receive the Prize," the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation said.

Janet Hennessey Dilenschneider's exhibit "Come to the Light" offers art lovers a chance to respond, reflect and recharge — all derived from the power and embrace of light in a collection of 21 oil paintings.

Some 1 million pilgrims a year flock to Medjugorje, a Marian shrine located in a village 16 miles southwest from the city of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. 

The Oscar-winning film "The Zone of Interest," in its focus on Rudolf and Hedwig Höss, asks a disturbing and damning question: What was it like to live at Auschwitz if you were part of the camp's machinery of death?

"With God's help, we survive," says one Ukrainian villager. That source of hope is made tangible by the presence of St. Basil sisters, who continue to visit Preobrazhenka and other villages at least once a month.

Though the efforts of sisters in Bosnia are small in scale, and often involve those the sisters have befriended, they are helping mend wounds in a country where war fueled ethnic and religious animosity.

With "Hope Amid Turmoil," the most ambitious and challenging project we have undertaken at GSR, we've been inspired by the incredible courage and deep faith of sisters serving in conflict areas throughout the world.

A major exhibition on William Blake's work, titled "William Blake: Visionary," is now on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles through Jan. 14, 2024.

Sisters living in Croatia and neighboring Bosnia and Herzegovina describe fallout from the wars of 30 years ago and about their current ministries that are helping to heal the wounds of lands once riven by conflict. 

The opera depicts the spiritual journey of Sister of St. Joseph Helen Prejean as she navigates the pain and redemption of death row ministry. 

A sister who lives in the West Bank told GSR that she and other sisters are keenly aware of the suffering that has befallen both Israelis and Palestinians in the wake of the Hamas attacks. 

With a busy week of marches, workshops and a U.N. summit behind them, sisters and other Catholics say they must continue and expand their work to increase public pressure for change on climate action. 

Afghan and Ukrainian refugees find a home with the Sisters of St. Joseph of Brentwood, New York, bringing "new life to these old walls."

Church-based ministries and humanitarian programs in Haiti continue their work despite the considerable and daunting challenges.

The security and social situation in Haiti is as grave as it has ever been, say sisters, priests and humanitarian workers, who paint a grim picture of a country struggling amid gang domination that observers compare to terrorism.

Book review: Nina Siegal's The Diary Keepers presents readers with translated excerpts from journals penned principally by seven Dutch diarists, tracking their lives as the five-year German occupation unfolded. 

Sr. Lydia Timkova has committed to regular trips across Ukraine to shepherd food and medical supplies to civilians living near the Russian front. Twice in 2023, Timkova has journeyed to where battles are raging.