nuns
Catholic TV pioneer Mother Angelica dead at 92
By David Gibson — March 28, 2016
(RNS) She kept a sweet but steely smile and never hesitated to scold church leaders she thought had strayed from traditional devotions and rites.
Surviving nun recalls Yemen massacre
By Rosie Scammell — March 18, 2016
ROME (RNS) The handwritten notes tell how gunmen hunted down the nuns, four of the 16 victims, and then destroyed the Christian symbols in the Catholic nursing home.
Four Catholic nuns among the dead in massacre by gunmen in Yemen
By Rosie Scammell — March 4, 2016
ROME (RNS) The nuns, from the order founded by Mother Teresa of Calcutta, are among 16 people killed by gunmen who attacked a retirement home.
Poet Wendell Berry bequeaths farming legacy to small Catholic college
By Judith Valente — February 5, 2016
(RNS) The 81-year-old writer decides against teaming up with a large university agricultural program, and instead selects a small Catholic liberal arts college run by the Dominican Sisters of Peace.
Singing, cooking and shooting — nuns made news in 2015
By Leslie Miller — December 31, 2015
(RNS) From reality TV to Twitter, here's a recap of some of the year’s top headlines about women religious -- and a nod to nostalgia.
Want to see the pope? Get in line at the security checkpoint
By Rosie Scammell — November 19, 2015
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The U.S. Embassy in Rome, identified St. Peter’s Basilica as a potential target for terrorists.
Nuns who rescue sex slaves expand efforts to 140 countries
By Reuters — November 18, 2015
The chairman of the network of 1,100 sisters, who even dress as prostitutes to reach victims in brothels, said sex trafficking and slavery was rising globally.
Pope portraits bedevil cash-strapped nuns
By Margie Fishman — October 9, 2015
Pope Francis' visit to Philadelphia was a boon to their spirits but the New Castle, Del., nuns -- and other entrepreneurs as well -- were disappointed with souvenir sales.
Singer Katy Perry wants to buy L.A. convent, in fight with nuns, archbishop
By Maria Puente — July 30, 2015
The nuns Googled Perry's videos -- and they weren't pleased. They want to sell to a local restaurateur.
Mother Teresa’s successor at India charity has died
By Reuters — June 23, 2015
Sister Nirmala Joshi, age 80 at her death on Sunday, expanded the Missionaries of Charity around the world from it's Kolkata base.
Sister Mary Ann Walsh, Catholic journalist and longtime bishops’ spokeswoman, dies at 68
By David Gibson — April 28, 2015
NEW YORK (RNS) Sister Mary Ann Walsh, a quiet nun with a keen wit who led a very public life as a journalist and a longtime spokeswoman for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, died on Tuesday (April 28) after a tough battle with cancer.
Nun is named first female head of Catholic Charities USA
By David Gibson — January 12, 2015
(RNS) Sister Donna Markham will be the first female chief of Catholic Charities USA in its 105-year history.
The Vatican vs. the nuns: 3 takeaways from Tuesday’s report
By David Gibson — December 16, 2014
(RNS) The "War on Women" is over, and other conclusions from the Vatican investigation of women’s religious communities in the U.S.
Italy’s ‘singing nun’ Sister Cristina covers Madonna’s ‘Like a Virgin’
By Josephine McKenna — October 21, 2014
ROME (RNS) “I chose it, without any intention to be provocative or scandalous,” Sister Cristina said. “I wanted to transmit calmness and poetry."
Declining number of U.S. nuns, even among traditional orders, charted in new study
By David Gibson — October 13, 2014
(RNS) The more liberal, socially active communities of sisters are drawing about the same number of new entrants as the more conservative, tradition-minded communities: very few.
