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Vatican magazine denounces nuns’ servitude
By Nicole Winfield — March 1, 2018
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The monthly women's magazine of the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano features an expose on the underpaid labor and unappreciated intellect of religious sisters, confirming that the magazine is increasingly becoming the imprint of the Catholic Church's #MeToo movement.
How a group of California nuns challenged the Catholic Church
By Diane Winston — December 7, 2017
(The Conversation) — California in the 1960s was the epicenter for spiritual experimentation. And among those looking for personal and social transformation, the unlikeliest seekers may have been a small community of Roman Catholic religious: the Immaculate Heart Sisters.
Craving the spiritual in Alice McDermott’s new novel
By Kimberly Winston — November 7, 2017
(RNS) — While McDermott's novels are often concerned with Irish Catholics in her native Brooklyn, this book — her eighth — is her most specifically religious.
The 11 sisters of Siervas are a rock band like ‘nun’ other
By Jerome Socolovsky — September 19, 2017
GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (AP) — Eleven nuns take the stage wearing traditional black-and-white habits but are anything but old school as they belt out songs to the ringing of electric guitar and a rock 'n' roll beat.
Bikini begone: Conservative modesty at the beach
By Madeleine Buckley — July 11, 2017
(RNS) — A look at how women of different religions stay covered up with swimwear.
Is ‘The Little Hours’ a big deal for Catholics?
By Madeleine Buckley — June 30, 2017
(RNS) Despite calls for its cancellation, critiques of Jeff Baena’s new film may be doing it more good than harm.
India court affirms priests’ right to property despite poverty oath
By Rina Chandran — June 16, 2017
(Thomson Reuters Foundation) The ruling applies to all religions in the state, and to women in a religious order as well.
Nuns help expand coverage and care in Rwanda’s health system
By Melanie Lidman — May 11, 2017
(RNS) In a poor, Rwandan village, four Kenyan sisters from the Little Daughters of St. Joseph Congregation run a health clinic, and build trust in a country still recovering from genocide and civil war.
Mississippi man arrested in stabbing death of two nuns
By Jerome Socolovsky — August 27, 2016
A Mississippi man has been arrested in the stabbing death of two Catholic nuns at their home earlier this week, police said.
Two nuns found stabbed to death in Mississippi
By Jerome Socolovsky — August 26, 2016
(RNS) Two Catholic nuns were found stabbed to death on Thursday at their home in central Mississippi. Police are investigating the case as a robbery that escalated into murder.
Catholic nuns under siege in Syria appeal for help
By Josephine McKenna — August 5, 2016
ROME (RNS) The bombing and the food shortages in Aleppo have reached a critical point, but several Carmelite nuns are refusing to leave.
Film explores hidden history of World War II: the rape of nuns
By Kimberly Winston — July 9, 2016
(RNS) A long-hidden World War II atrocity gets attention in an acclaimed new film.
Catholic sisters provide medical care to Hindus at festival
By RNS staff — June 24, 2016
(Global Sisters Report) Sr. Alphy Thaikadan said she and other nuns experienced 'inter-religious dialogue at the grassroots' level while caring for an average of 250 patients a day at the dispensary during India's Kumbh Mela festival.
Top nun pushes for greater role for Catholic women
By David Gibson — May 18, 2016
VATICAN CITY (RNS) “It’s not just a question of feminism, it’s a question of our being baptized, that gives us the duty and the right to be part of the decision-making processes,” said Sister Carmen Sammut.
Silence is key to nuns’ singing success
By Sally Morrow — April 28, 2016
(RNS) The Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, have just released their latest album, "Adoration at Ephesus." Four of their previous albums have topped the charts.
