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September 2014

September 24, 2014

“Singing Nun” Sister Cristina releasing an album for Christmas

Details: Sister Cristina is back! Though in reality she never went away. After her breakout performance of...

September 10, 2014

Horror: nuns raped, murdered in Burundi

Details: When 79-year-old Sister Bernadetta Boggian, of the Saverian order, called Father Mario Pulcini on...

August 2014

August 28, 2014

Statistics show “signs of life” among sisters

Some interesting insight from the 1964 blog at CARA: In spring 2014, CARA began analyzing...

August 25, 2014

Killers dressed as nuns: a new terror threat?

From Nigeria: The Department of State Services (DSS) has warned the general public to be...

August 16, 2014

Sister Elizabeth Johnson fires back at bishops, calls investigation wasteful

Details from Religion News Service: A nun who drew U.S. Catholic bishops’ ire with...

August 10, 2014

From Iraq: “We are surprised that some countries in the world are silent about what is happening”

From last week, here's a poignant and personal glimpse at what is happening in Iraq,...

July 2014

July 06, 2014

“Your vocation is not about you”

Good stuff here: It is quite traditional and correct to speak of “discerning a vocation” –...

July 05, 2014

For the first time, woman to become rector of pontifical university in Rome

Details: She was the first woman to obtain a permanent position as a professor at...

June 2014

June 25, 2014

Santa Fe pursuing sainthood for “Fastest Nun in the West”

From the AP: The Archdiocese of Santa Fe announced Wednesday it is exploring sainthood for...

June 24, 2014

Nevermind: lawyer now says there is no deal for nuns to care for dying priest

Details: A nursing home run by nuns has not been asked or agreed to take...

June 18, 2014

Sister act in Charlotte

You never know who you'll bump into at a convention of Catholics. This morning, for...

June 10, 2014

Sister Cristina says her priorities are “Jesus and prayer”

The Internet sensation—and winner of Italy's "The Voice"—has given her first interview since her triumph:...

June 05, 2014

She did it: Sister Cristina wins “The Voice,” prays the Our Father

Details: A cheery Catholic nun has clinched an Italian television talent singing contest after winning...

May 2014

May 22, 2014

Rocking on: Sister Cristina “Livin’ on a Prayer”

CNS has the scoop: A religious sister singing a Bon Jovi mega-hit with a British boy band...

May 14, 2014

New order of nuns takes root in Wisconsin

Photo: William Glasheen/Post-Crescent Media Details from The Green Bay Press Gazette: If a young soul...

May 08, 2014

What a feeling: Sister Cristina performs “Flashdance”

And, evidently, she's now got fans with t-shirts celebrating her partnership with J-Ax. From CNS's...

May 05, 2014

Know someone discerning a vocation?

With Vocation Sunday coming up next week, you might want to pass this along: a...

April 2014

April 24, 2014

Lifetime plans reality series “The Sisterhood” about women becoming nuns

From The Hollywood Reporter: Lifetime is going inside a Catholic convent for its newest docuseries....

April 17, 2014

She’s back! Sister Christina performs again on “The Voice”

This time, a duet: "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun." Check out the video below. CNS...

March 2014

March 21, 2014

This nun is on fire: the amazing performance everyone is talking about

Behold, the nun who is rocking "The Voice" in Italy: A singing, swaying, amazing nun...

March 10, 2014

Syrian nuns freed

From BBC: A group of Greek Orthodox nuns held for three months by rebels in...

February 2014

February 19, 2014

Nun, 84, sentenced to three years in jail for breaking into nuclear weapons complex

Details: An 84-year-old nun was sentenced Tuesday to nearly three years in prison for breaking into...

February 18, 2014

The singing nuns: sisters release followup to their blockbuster album

Will wonders never cease? Details from the AP: Eight times a day, a group of...

January 2014

January 27, 2014

Nun could spend rest of her life in prison for sabotage

Details: An 83-year-old Catholic nun convicted in a protest and break-in at the primary U.S. storehouse...

January 15, 2014

Sister tact: advice from a nun on how to keep peace in meetings

Here's something you don't see every day: a piece on corporate behavior and politics ......

January 04, 2014

Carmelite nuns get voice mail message from Pope Francis

Details from HuffPo: On New Year's Eve at 11:45 am, Pope Francis called up the small...

January 03, 2014

Pope Francis to religious: “Wake up the world!”

The Italian Jesuit journal La Civilta’ Cattolica offers an account of Pope Francis's recent meeting with 120...

December 2013

December 20, 2013

A first: monastery for the Anglican ordinariate to be founded on January 1

Details from the Catholic Herald in the U.K.: The first monastery of the Personal Ordinariate...

December 07, 2013

Missing nuns surface in video, deny being kidnapped

From Reuters: A group of nuns who went missing in Syria after Islamist fighters captured...

December 03, 2013

Syrian rebels kidnap nuns

From the Associated Press: The mother superior of a Syrian convent says 12 nuns have...