Posts Tagged ‘Missionaries of Charity’

Sisters deface Sex Party posters in Aussie

Tuesday, June 7th, 2016

Two Missionaries of Charity sisters in Melbourne have sparked controversy after they reportedly defaced political posters from the Australian Sex Party. An image of the nuns was posted on Instagram last week and the Sex Party released it and another photograph to the media on Friday. Sex Party leader Fiona Patten said the pair of sisters Read more

Pope Francis condemns killing of nuns in Yemen

Tuesday, March 8th, 2016

Pope Francis has condemned the attack on a home for the elderly and disabled in Yemen that killed 16 people on Friday, including four nuns of the order founded by Mother Teresa of Calcutta. In a message signed by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, Pope Francis called the attack an “act of senseless Read more

Missionaries of Charity nun released from prison

Friday, December 16th, 2011

Sr Mary Eliza of Missionaries of Charity, founded by Mother Teresa of Calcutta, was released from prison without any charges today. The court also ordered the release of Sr Mary’s passport and all documents of the Prem Nivasa (House of Love) convent seized for the purposes of an investigation into alleged irregularities at the home for pregnant Read more