Superior Generals News Today

This week on “Preach,” the script is flipped: Ricardo da Silva, S.J., the regular host, becomes a guest preacher, and Maggi Van Dorn, a usual producer, takes the mic as the host. Ricardo invites listeners to identify where they have experienced joy, even as he admits that we live in a world where joy is hard to come by.

Changes in congregational leadership have affected the leadership of the International Union of Superiors General, or UISG, with Sr. Mary Barron, the Superior General of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Apostles, assuming the position of president.

The officers of the International Union of Superiors General spoke to the staff of Global Sisters Report on multiple topics, including synodality, spiritual journeys, and ministries to help heal a broken world.

ROME (CNS) -- Cardinal Richard Kuuia Baawobr of Wa, Ghana, died in Rome Nov. 27 at the age of 63. He had been recovering in Rome hospitals since he underwent heart surgery in September and had just been discharged from Romes Gemelli hospital Nov. 18. Father André-Léon Simonart, secretary general of the Missionaries of Africa -- of which the cardinal was a member -- announced the cardinal had been taken from the generalate to the hospital by ambulance early in the evening Nov. 27. We recei

Newly created Cardinal Richard Kuuia Baawobr dies in the aftermath of a heart surgery

<p>Cardinal Richard Kuuia Baawobr of Wa, Ghana, died in Rome Nov. 27 at the age of 63.</p> <p>He had been recovering in Rome hospitals since he underwent heart surgery in September and had just been discharged from Rome's Gemelli hospital Nov. 18.</p> <p>Fr. André-Léon Simonart, secretary general of the Missionaries of Africa -- of which the cardinal was a member -- announced the cardinal had been taken from the generalate to the hospital by ambulance early i...

Will the nations listen and address the longer-term impacts of climate change?

The 2022 Assembly of the International Union of Superiors General (UISG) was unique as it stretched from a virtual preparation in March throug...

In a historic first, Pope Francis announced his intention to include two women on the committee advising him on the selection of bishops, in an interview published Wednesday.

Hailing from Singapore to San Diego and Mongolia to Marseille, the churchmen who will be inducted Aug. 27 bring a wide array of pastoral experiences to the College of Cardinals.