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Power of prayer: Contemplative cloisters coming to Crimea?
It’s been one year since fighting broke out in Ukraine. The death toll has surpassed 6,000. Almost 1 million people... Read more
Chart-topping Benedictine nuns to release new album for Easter
Together with the joys of the Resurrection and feasting, this Easter will have an added delight: listening to the new... Read more
Coming soon: the Vatican's report on US women religious
The Vatican has confirmed it will release its report on the state of women religious in the United States later... Read more
Nun who won Italy's 'The Voice' records first album
Universal has released a promotional video for the first album by Sister Cristina Scuccia, the Ursuline nun who won first... Read more
Brutally slain nuns recalled as women 'enamored' with God
Remembering the lives of the three Xaverian Missionary nuns murdered in Burundi over the weekend, the order’s vicar general hailed... Read more
Women religious attacked in Bangladesh
Last week dozens of armed men broke into a convent in northern Bangladesh, beating a group of nuns at a... Read more
Illinois nuns take legal action against bordering strip club
The Missionary Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo have taken legal action against a giant “adult entertainment” club built in their... Read more
Nun who won 'The Voice Italy' says priorities are Jesus, prayer
Speaking to reporters for the first time after her victory on The Voice Italy, Sister Cristina Scuccia said that she... Read more
Nun wins 'The Voice Italy,' leads crowd in Our Father
In an emotional finale decided by Italian TV viewers, 25 year-old Sister Cristina Scuccia won the 2014 edition of The... Read more
Elderly nun sentenced for nuclear site break-in
Sister Megan Rice of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison... Read more
Chart-topping Benedictine nuns to release album for Lent
The Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles – an order of contemplative nuns who live in a cloister yet repeatedly... Read more
Pope Francis sends Christmas presents to 2,000 poor immigrants
Two thousand immigrants at a shelter near the Vatican received simple Christmas presents from Pope Francis on the evening of... Read more
Decreases in religious life could prompt canon law reform
In the context of a discussion on the exodus of religious and priests, the heads of the congregation for religious... Read more
New LCWR head says assessment is about Church's future
Sister Carol Zinn, the newly elected head of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, said the Vatican’s doctrinal assessment of... Read more
Elderly nun found guilty over nuclear site break-in
Sister Megan Rice of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus was convicted May 8 for breaking into and causing... Read more
