Catholic nun

On August 28, Pakistan Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif appointed Sr. Genevieve Ram Lal (Mariam Parveen), as a member of the National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) for three years.

A Filipina nun who promoted media education in the country died on July 27. She was 77.

The 89-year-old nun of the Sisters of Charity of Sts. Bartolomea Capitanio and Vincenza Gerosa has been working for many years among the poor and the needy, especially by educating children.

Pope Francis on Thursday named Italian economist and Catholic religious sister Alessandra Smerilli as secretary of the Vatican’s social development office on an interim basis.

A Catholic nun was reported hurt in an attack in the municipality of Bonpara in the district of Natore in Bangladesh's northern Rajshahi division.

It was a day of joy and thanksgiving as a remote tribe in the northeast of India celebrated its first religious vocation last week.

On March 17, Pope Francis launched a strong appeal for peace in Myanmar, saying during his general audience: “I too kneel down on the streets of Myanmar and say: Stop the violence. I too reach out my arms and say: May dialogue prevail!”

She cried and begged the policemen and soldiers to put down their guns and to avoid violence. A photo of the nun negotiating with the security forces became viral on social media.