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Sister McNamee, ‘one of the giants in Catholic education,’ dies at 89

Sep 5, 2020

Sister Catherine McNamee, a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet and longtime Catholic educational leader, died Aug. 30 at the age of 89. She was living at her order’s residence in St. Paul, Minnesota.

By Catholic News Service

Forty years after killings, Salvadoran city claims Maryknoll Sisters as its own

Sep 4, 2020

On a bright and clear January afternoon, Bishop Oswaldo Escobar Aguilar walked into a cemetery and gently dusted off a white name plate on top of a sky-blue block of tombs. Making plans for the year ahead, he told secretary Violeta Esmeralda Serrano nearby that they needed to make sure the tombs were decorated with flowers Dec. 2.

By Rhina Guidos

Sister Roulet, women’s prison ministry pioneer, dies at 89

Aug 30, 2020

Sister Elaine Roulet, a Sister of St. Joseph of Brentwood who was an acknowledged pioneer in women’s prison ministry, died Aug. 13 of heart failure at the order’s Stella Maris Convent in Queens. She was 89 and had been in religious life for 71 years.

By Catholic News Service

Judge refuses to free ex-Green Beret accused of espionage, including spying on nuns

Aug 28, 2020

A federal magistrate judge in Virginia refused Thursday to free a former Army Green Beret who was arrested last week on a charge that he divulged U.S. military secrets to Russian intelligence agents.

By Associated Press

Mother Teresa’s nuns cancel birth celebrations because of COVID-19

Aug 28, 2020

Missionaries of Charity nuns canceled the usual birth anniversary celebrations of their founder, St. Teresa, this year after some nuns tested positive for COVID-19.

By Catholic News Service

At RNC, nun lauds Trump for being pro-life

Aug 28, 2020

A Washington nun who is also a surgeon and retired U.S. Army officer says, “Donald Trump is the most pro-life President that this nation has ever had.”

By Associated Press