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November 2015

November 22, 2015

A Pencil in God’s Hand: Mother Teresa’s Story Comes to the Big Screen

Anjezë (Agnes) Gonxhe Bojaxhiu was only twelve years old when she first felt the call...

September 2015

September 09, 2015

Saintly Scammers! Faux Nuns On Doorsteps in Florida

Godly scammers? Be on the look-out, Floridians, because a pair of young "nuns" have been...

June 2015

June 11, 2015

Nuns Hospitalized After Long, Hot Weekend Trapped in Elevator

It gets hot in the Eternal City this time of year! Two Marist Sisters survived...

April 2015

April 22, 2015

More Nuns for Britain, But Fewer for the U.S.

Why are more women attracted to religious life in Britain, while the number of new...

March 2015

March 28, 2015

Happy Birthday, St. Teresa of Avila: Patron of Catholic Writers and Headache Sufferers!

A Saint I Can Relate To! St. Teresa of Avila was born 500 years ago...

February 2015

February 07, 2015

Eleven Nuns Who Changed My Life (UPDATED)

Do you appreciate the Sisters who taught you to add and subtract, to diagram a...

December 2014

December 23, 2014

Sr. Cristina Covers Madonna’s Raunchy “Like a Virgin”–And Turns It Into a Prayer

You remember Sister Cristina--the Italian nun who made a splash on social media last year...

November 2014

November 28, 2014

You’re Driving Along and… I Know! You Should Pray the Rosary!

Just in time for Christmas giving (or holiday devotions), the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother...

November 21, 2014

So Bill Murray Likes the Latin Mass? Well, His Sister Nancy, a Catholic Nun, Likes Catherine of Siena

Everyone's talking today about Bill Murray, after he said that he liked the Traditional Latin Mass. The...

November 09, 2014

Mark Zuckerberg, the Sisters of Mercy, and the Simple Life

Back in the days when religious sisters wore habits, it was commonly understood that there...

October 2014

October 10, 2014

Sauter de Joie! Young Parisian Religious in Notre Dame Flash Mob

Oh happy day! Toe-tapping fun: On January 19, 2012, six hundred young religious brothers and...

September 2014

September 18, 2014

The Nuns on the Bus Are Back–This Time with Vice President Biden

The Nuns on the Bus are on the roll again--this time in Iowa. The liberal...

August 2014

August 16, 2014

Recalcitrant LCWR Digs in Its Heels at Nashville Meeting

Fireworks this week, as the Leadership Conference of Women Religious met in Nashville for their...

August 09, 2014

As LCWR Plans Its Big Meeting, the Number of Nuns Continues to Decline

The Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) will hold its annual meeting this week (August 12-16)...

August 09, 2014

Mamma Mia! Nun Scores a Hit on Italy’s “The Voice” – UPDATED

Go into all the world, said Jesus. Sister Cristina Scuccia, a 25-year-old Ursuline Sister of...

August 07, 2014

St. Cajetan, Patron of the Unemployed and of Job-Seekers

Well, today's saint is someone to admire (and to emulate!) on many counts. Cajetan dei Conti di...

August 01, 2014

Best Wishes to the Jesuits and the Redemptorists As They Celebrate Their Founders

This week, Catholics celebrate the lives of two great founders: Thursday, July 31, is the...

July 2014

July 26, 2014

Women With Down Syndrome Respond to God’s Call

To offer oneself to God, in witness to the Gospel of Life. This is the...

July 13, 2014

French Sisters Are So “Happy”!

Everybody's got to get into the act! By now you've seen countless YouTube videos of...

June 2014

June 06, 2014

Cardinal Ravasi: “Even If You Can’t Sing Well, Sing”

SISTER CRISTINA WON!!! By now you've undoubtedly heard that Sister Cristina Scuccia, the talented nun...

May 2014

May 09, 2014

LCWR Responds After Tense Meeting With CDF’s Cardinal Gerhard Müller

On May 8, the Leadership Council of Women Religious (LCWR) issued a statement on their...

February 2014

February 01, 2014

Italian Vineyard Hit by Rockslide Is Owned by Servite Order

A one-thousand-tonne boulder that tore through a vineyard in northern Italy has caused hundreds of...

January 2014

January 28, 2014

Seven Nuns Among Victims in Mexican Bus Crash

Seven Catholic nuns died late Saturday in Puebla, in east central Mexico, when the bus...

January 18, 2014

CAPTION CONTEST: Name the Nun

Religious life isn't all prayer and penitence--sisters have fun, too! This sister seems to be...

January 17, 2014

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Awards Major Grant for Retired Religious

The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation has awarded a grant of $2.5 million to assist aging...

November 2013

November 10, 2013

Sunday Reminiscing: Sister Clarissa and the Baltimore Catechism

I admit it: I'm a sucker for some good folk music. And on my short...

August 2013

August 01, 2013

The Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth: Heroes, Then and Now

Today we celebrate the Feast of the Blessed Martyrs of Nowogródek. I saw this painting...

June 2013

June 12, 2013

In England, the Rosary in Bronze

On Thursday, Dominicans and art aficionados will watch with interest as a 16th century bronze...

April 2013

April 06, 2013

U.S. Military Counts Catholics Among Dangerous Extremists?

QUESTION: Al Qaeda, Hamas, Catholics and the KKK. What do these groups have in common?...

April 02, 2012

Leonardo da Vinci’s Final Masterpiece, St. Anne, Draws Crowds at The Louvre

Leonardo da Vinci was the quintessential “Renaissance man”—skilled in mathematics, music, science, anatomy, geology, cartography,...