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Victims of Catholic nuns rely on each other after being overlooked in the clergy sex abuse crisis
By Tiffany Stanley — March 18, 2024
(AP) — Women in religious orders have also been abuse victims — but they have been perpetrators too.

‘Media nuns’ say goodbye to sweet home Chicago after more than 40 years
By Emily McFarlan Miller — September 12, 2022
CHICAGO (RNS) — The Chicago book center and convent is one of four locations that the Daughters of St. Paul are closing in the United States as the order reconfigures its presence across the United States and Toronto.

At nine years, Pope Francis channels the spirit of Catholic sisters
By Mary J. Novak — March 10, 2022
(RNS) — His actions and words mirror the unfailing relational lens Catholic sisters bring to all of their ministries.

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.

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.

Vatican’s doctrine chief blasts U.S. nuns for disobedience
By David Gibson — May 5, 2014
(RNS) Cardinal Gerhard Mueller acknowledged that his talk was “blunt,” and his remarks were the toughest since the takeover was announced in 2012. “What I must say is too important to dress up in flowery language.”

Catholic hospitals at odds with bishops over birth control mandate
By David Gibson — July 9, 2013
(RNS) The organization representing Catholic hospitals across the country says it no longer objects to the Obama administration’s mandate that all employees receive free birth control coverage. The decision by the Catholic Health Association puts the hospitals at odds with the Catholic hierarchy, which last week rejected the White House’s final regulations.

Old-fashioned nuns say the past is key to the future
By David Gibson — August 22, 2012

(RNS) The Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious comprises convents with a total of about 10,000 nuns, and you probably won't be reading about any Vatican investigation of their practices. By David Gibson.

Paul Ryan, Joe Biden: A tale of two Catholics
By Daniel Burke — August 15, 2012

(RNS) Vice president Joe Biden sits to the left of Catholic doctrine on abortion and other life issues. Fellow Catholic Paul Ryan, the newly minted GOP vice presidential candidate, sits to the right of his church on fiscal policy. If the 2012 presidential campaign proves anything, it's that there is no perfect Catholic politician. By Daniel Burke.

Provocative art put Catholic nun in the middle of 1960s maelstrom
By David E. Anderson — July 11, 2012

(RNS) Combining images and words from advertising, pop culture and religion, the bold graphic art of Sister Mary Corita was as deeply representative of the spirit of the 1960s as it was ubiquitous in church basements, dorm rooms and urban communes of people involved in the struggle for civil rights and the campaign to end the Vietnam War. By David E. Anderson.

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