Nuns Archives

Missionary nun says God hasn’t forgotten Haiti, but humanity has

Church in the Americas, Interviews
Oct 6, 2019

“We need to do something different to help children build a future, what we’ve done so far is not enough,” said Italian Sister Marcella Catozza, a Franciscan missionary who first began working in Haiti in 2004 after the fall of dictator Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

Court grants bail to sick Indian nun; still no charges against her

Catholic News Service, Church in Asia
Oct 1, 2019

The High Court of Jharkhand state granted provisional bail to a Missionaries of Charity nun jailed on allegations of child trafficking 15 months ago.

Pontifical university takes up sex abuse of nuns by priests

Associated Press, Vatican
Sep 27, 2019

A Togolese nun has successfully defended a first-ever dissertation at a Vatican-sanctioned university on the sexual abuse of nuns by priests in the latest evidence of a problem confronting the Catholic Church in the #MeToo era.

Mercy sisters see moral issue behind climate change protests

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Sep 24, 2019

Women religious, and Sisters of Mercy in particular, attended several climate protests and stood out by wearing purple “Mercy for Justice” T-shirts and carrying pre-made signs with messages: “The climate crisis is a moral issue” and “Mercy for the earth.”

Dutch nuns open new cemetery for ‘natural burials’

Church in Europe
Sep 23, 2019

A new cemetery providing natural burials was recently opened in the Netherlands after years of preparation. The Trappistine Sisters of the Abbey of Koningsoord came up with the idea as a place of consolation and of connection, and of course as a final resting place.

Mass celebrates life of famed Memphis Catholic who founded order

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Sep 22, 2019

On the night of a full moon Sept. 13, a high Mass in Latin was celebrated in remembrance of prominent Memphis historical figure Mother Mary Agnes Magevney (1841-1891) at St. Peter Church, sponsored by the Magevney Society.