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  • Virtual retreats offer boost for spiritual health in pandemic

    Virtual retreats offer boost for spiritual health in pandemic

    • Jan 10, 2021

    The coronavirus pandemic has created the conditions for a spiritual crisis, but a traditional retreat at a house run by women religious isn’t necessarily COVID-19 friendly.

    By Cathy Doud
  • Death of 9 nuns highlights toll of coronavirus in convents

    Death of 9 nuns highlights toll of coronavirus in convents

    • Jan 9, 2021

    Through the month of December, mixed in with joyful Christmas messages, death announcements filled the Facebook page of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet as a coronavirus outbreak took its toll in a residence for retired and infirm nuns.

    By Mary Esch
  • In Nigeria, nun cares for abandoned children labeled as witches

    In Nigeria, nun cares for abandoned children labeled as witches

    • Jan 3, 2021

    Since opening a children’s home in 2007, Sister Matylda Iyang has cared for dozens of malnourished and homeless children from the streets of Uyo, Nigeria; many of them had family who believed they were witches.

    By Valentine Iwenwanne
  • COVID-19 kills 9 nuns at New York convent within a month

    COVID-19 kills 9 nuns at New York convent within a month

    • Jan 1, 2021

    Nine nuns have died of causes related to COVID-19 at an upstate New York convent in just over a month, county officials said.

    By Associated Press
  • ‘We need sacramentality,’ Cardinal Gregory tells members of consecrated life

    ‘We need sacramentality,’ Cardinal Gregory tells members of consecrated life

    • Dec 26, 2020

    Virtually addressing members of consecrated life serving the Archdiocese of Washington, Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory spoke of the challenges of the past year and thanked them for the work they do.

    By Lynnea Mumola
  • Priest, nun convicted of 1992 murder of Indian woman religious

    Priest, nun convicted of 1992 murder of Indian woman religious

    • Dec 23, 2020

    More than 28 years after a 19-year-old nun was found dead in a convent well, a court in India’s Kerala state convicted a priest and a woman religious of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church of murdering her.

    By Catholic News Service
  • 8 nuns die of COVID-19 in last week at Wisconsin convent

    8 nuns die of COVID-19 in last week at Wisconsin convent

    • Dec 18, 2020

    Eight nuns living at a retirement home for sisters in suburban Milwaukee died of COVID-19 complications in the last week — including four who passed away on the same day — a grim reminder of how quickly the virus can spread in congregate living situations, even when precautions are taken.

    By Amy Forliti, Morry Gash and Teresa Crawford
  • Nun, who claims ‘divine help,’ advances to final of MasterChef Brasil

    Nun, who claims ‘divine help,’ advances to final of MasterChef Brasil

    • Dec 3, 2020

    A Brazilian nun who has moved into the finals of a TV cooking show said she received “divine help” and prayed the entire time she was cooking.

    By Lise Alves
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