Nuns Archives

Be consoling presence for suffering, pope tells nuns

Apr 26, 2021

The experience of tragedy and loss can help Christians become a consoling presence for others in need of hope and consolation, Pope Francis said.

By Junno Arocho Esteves

‘How many of us will be left?’ Catholic nuns face loss, pain

Apr 9, 2021

The COVID toll on the Felician Sisters was almost too much to bear: 21 of their own, in four U.S. convents, who collectively served 1,413 years, all felled by the virus.

By Matt Sedensky

Congregation’s lawsuit says gas pipeline violates its religious freedom

Apr 8, 2021

The Adorers of the Blood of Christ have returned to court arguing that the existence of a 3-year-old natural gas pipeline through their land in Pennsylvania violates their religious freedom rights guaranteed under a 1993 law.

By Dennis Sadowski

Harassment of nuns in India becomes election issue in Kerala

Apr 1, 2021

An incident when four religious sisters were detained on a train India has become an election issue in the state of Kerala, which goes to the polls to elect their state assembly on April 6.

By Nirmala Carvalho

Orlando Magic recognize woman religious for her advocacy for farmworkers

Mar 30, 2021

Sister Ann Kendrick might not be able to dunk a basketball, but she still made it on the Magic Vision screen at center court of Amway Arena in Orlando, Florida.

By Linda Reeves

Pope advances causes of three more Italian sisters who died of Ebola

Mar 18, 2021

Less than a month after he recognized the “heroic virtues” of three Italian women religious who died caring for Ebola patients in Congo, Pope Francis did the same for three others who also contracted the disease and died in 1995.

By Cindy Wooden

Woman religious honored as one of International Women of Courage

Mar 10, 2021

Comboni Sister Alicia Vacas Moro, a Spanish missionary sister and registered nurse, was one of 14 women to receive this year’s International Women of Courage Award, an annual honor from the U.S. Department of State for women who have demonstrated leadership in their human rights work.

By Carol Zimmermann

Maryknoll sister who ministered in Africa for nearly 40 years dies at 79

Mar 10, 2021

Maryknoll Sister Janice McLaughlin, who ministered in southern Africa for nearly 40 years and later became president of her religious order, died March 7 in Maryknoll, New York, at age 79. No cause of death was given.

By Mark Pattison