Justice Coalition of Religious in the News

Read the most recent news regarding the Justice Coalition of Religious. Explore our inspiring stories, advocacy initiatives, and collective contributions to creating a more just and sustainable world.

JCoR in the News

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As UN Holds General Assembly, Sisters Connect Goals with Catholic Social Teaching
25 September 2025
Featuring: Justice Coalition of Religious (with special emphasis on th Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary-Loreto Generalate, Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd, Medical Mission Sisters, Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, and UNANIMA International)
National Catholic Reporter

Breaking Bread, Building Bridges: The spirit of interfaith Iftar 2025
4 April 2025
Featuring: JCoR Network of West India
Indian Catholic Matters

Catholic Sisters Initiative Co-hosts Side Events at UNGA
September 2023
Featuring: Justice Coalition of Religious
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

South Atlantic Province: A Challenging Workshop
May 2023
Featuring: JCoR Network of Brazil
Religious of the Assumption

United Nations 2023 Water Conference
18 March 2023
Featuring: Justice Coalition of Religious
Religions for Peace, Australia

Activists oppose Sakal Hindu Samaj public meeting
14 February 2023
Featuring: JCoR Network of Maharashtra, India
The Hindu

Nearly 9,000 people participate in signature campaign to demand justice for Bilkis Bano
7 September 2022
Featuring: JCoR Network of West India
Sabrang

JCoR Members in the News

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US ‘abandoning its moral responsibility’ with exit from bedrock climate treaty, Catholic groups say
12 January 2026
Featuring: Congregations of St. Joseph 
National Catholic Reporter

UN advocacy, sisters say, gives legitimacy to local ministries
10 October 2025
Featuring: Medical Mission Sisters, Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary, Dominican Leadership Conference, Congregation of Notre Dame, and UNANIMA International, 
Global Sisters Report

As UN prepares to meet, gaps in sustainable development goals continue
9 September 2025
Featuring: Congregation of Notre Dame, Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Loreto Generalate
Global Sisters Report

Claretians in UN High-Level Forum to Advance Global Sustainable Development
5 August 2025
Featuring: Claretian Missionaries
Misioneros Claretianos

Claretians at FfD4: Advocating for Global Financial Justice in Seville
11 July 2025
Featuring: Claretian Missionaries
Misioneros Claretianos

Claretians Participate in UN Ocean Conference 3
25 June 2025
Featuring: Claretian Missionaries
Misioneros Claretianos

UN event spotlights the challenge of ‘rollback’ of women’s rights
3 April 2025
Featuring: Congregations of St. Joseph, Dominican Leadership Conference, Daughters of Charity, UNANIMA International, Loretto at the UN, Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary-Loreto Generalate
Global Sisters Report

Sisters alarmed by Trump’s gutting of US foreign aid
10 February 2025
Featuring: Congregations of St. Joseph, Dominican Leadership Conference, and Passionists International
Global Sisters Report

Iona University Partners with ERI at UNHQ
25 January 2025
Featuring: Edmund Rice International
Edmund Rice International

At UN Summit of the Future, sisters highlight root causes of poverty
27 September 2024
Featuring: Dominican Leadership Conference, Loretto Community, School Sisters of Notre Dame
Global Sisters Report

The High-Level Political Forum 2024
6 August 2024
Featuring: Dominican Leadership Conference
Dominican Sisters International 

‘Progress being made’ toward UN goals, but on a smaller scale
19 July 2024
Featuring: Claretian Missionaries, Dominican Leadership Conference, Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary- Loreto Generalate, and Religious of the Sacred Heart
Global Sisters Report

Dozens of Catholic sisters advocate for women at United Nations Gathering
27 March 2024
Featuring: Dominican Leadership Conference and Loretto Community
Global Sisters Report

Catholic Sisters, activists express worry by lack of progress on UN goals
25 September 2023
Featuring: Dominican Leadership Conference and UNANIMA International
Global Sisters Report

In a warlike Haiti, ‘a way forward’ looks difficult now
17 August 2023
Featuring: Passionists International
Global Sisters Report

The times call for sisters to finely hone their advocacy skills
20 October 2022
Featuring: UNANIMA International
Global Sisters Report

Survey tracks inequality, amid UN effort to end poverty by 2030
19 August 2019
Featuring: Company of the Daughters of Charity, Congregations of St. Joseph, International Presentation Association, and VIVAT International
Global Sisters Report