American nuns

Rain gardens are a practical, ecological and theological solution for houses of worship

By Sara Badilini — February 9, 2022
(RNS) — A common environmentally friendly solution to flooding, rain gardens satisfy a common theological thread running through many faiths.

In a rare move, Catholic nuns set out to build a new monastery

By Katelyn Ferral — December 15, 2020
(RNS) — Rarer still, millennial recruits are necessitating the move to larger quarters.

Mississippi man arrested in stabbing death of two nuns

By Jerome Socolovsky — August 27, 2016
A Mississippi man has been arrested in the stabbing death of two Catholic nuns at their home earlier this week, police said.

Two nuns found stabbed to death in Mississippi

By Jerome Socolovsky — August 26, 2016
(RNS) Two Catholic nuns were found stabbed to death on Thursday at their home in central Mississippi. Police are investigating the case as a robbery that escalated into murder.

Vatican ends controversial investigation of US nuns with olive branch

By David Gibson — April 16, 2015
(RNS) The statement and final report seemed to represent a quiet and merciful end to what had been a noisy showdown between Rome and the nuns -- and one the Vatican never seemed likely to win.

“Let a female speculate”: Full text of Sister Elizabeth Johnson’s LCWR talk

By David Gibson — August 17, 2014
The Fordham theologian defends her work and the American nuns, and offers reasons for the clash between theologians -- and the sisters -- and the Vatican. Conflict does arise but it can become “a link in the chain of a new process.”

UPDATE: Is Cardinal Mueller taking talking points on the nuns from NCR?

By David Gibson — May 7, 2014
A passage from the Vatican doctrinal czar's blast at the U.S. sisters seems lifted directly from a National Catholic Register story that made the same points the cardinal did this week.

Vatican’s doctrine chief blasts U.S. nuns for disobedience

By David Gibson — May 5, 2014
(RNS) Cardinal Gerhard Mueller acknowledged that his talk was “blunt,” and his remarks were the toughest since the takeover was announced in 2012. “What I must say is too important to dress up in flowery language.”

Bishops and American nuns hold ‘cordial and open’ meeting

By Daniel Burke — November 12, 2012

(RNS) A meeting on Sunday (Nov. 11) between three American bishops and the nuns' group they are tasked with overhauling was "open and cordial,'' according to a joint statement. By Daniel Burke.

Do the American nuns have a future?

By David Gibson — August 9, 2012

ST. LOUIS (RNS) Catholic sisters gathered at their annual assembly intensified discussions on Thursday (Aug. 9) aimed at thwarting a Vatican takeover of their group, but hanging over the meeting was an even larger, existential question: Do the nuns have a future? By David Gibson.

Nuns gather to plan response to Vatican crackdown

By David Gibson — August 8, 2012

ST. LOUIS (RNS) As hundreds of nuns met here on Wednesday to begin crafting an answer to Vatican demands that their leaders toe the line on orthodoxy, there was a pervasive sense that this week's discussions could lead to a fateful juncture in the history of Catholicism in America.

Photo slideshow: ‘Nun sense’ vs. ‘nonsense’

By Sally Morrow — June 20, 2012

More than 200 Catholics from Kansas City, Mo., wore white and held signs to honor American nuns on Tuesday, June 19. Many attendees said they were there to support and thank the sisters, who are under a Vatican crackdown. The event was organized by local residents and the nationwide organization Call to Action, a liberal lay Catholic movement. Photos by Sally Morrow/RNS.

Guest Commentary: The nuns who once taught the bishops aren’t done yet

By Mary Johnson — June 4, 2012

(RNS) It takes a strong backbone for a woman to stand up to the men at the Vatican when you’ve been publicly reprimanded by some of its most powerful men. But an umbrella group of American nuns, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, is doing just that in calling the recent Vatican indictment against them “unsubstantiated” and “flawed.” By Mary Johnson.

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