nuns
Los Angeles Dodgers reinstate gay ‘nun’ group for Pride Night award
By Associated Press — May 23, 2023
LOS ANGELES (AP) — After "much thoughtful feedback," the team also apologized to the group and the LGBTQ+ community, friends and families.
The end of an era for the Sisters of Charity of New York
By Luis Andres Henao — May 9, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) — They will no longer accept new members, and are now on a 'path to completion.'
‘Media nuns’ say goodbye to sweet home Chicago after more than 40 years
By Emily McFarlan Miller — September 12, 2022
CHICAGO (RNS) — The Chicago book center and convent is one of four locations that the Daughters of St. Paul are closing in the United States as the order reconfigures its presence across the United States and Toronto.
Kansas nuns oppose abortion-related state amendment, challenging archbishop
By Jack Jenkins — July 27, 2022
(RNS) — “A church sign said, ‘Jesus trusted women. We do too,’” reads the nuns’ letter.
Mexican bishops to put photos of dead priests in churches
By Associated Press — July 5, 2022
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The call for special celebrations throughout July came after two Jesuit priests and a tour guide were slain June 20.
Ukrainian nuns open their monastery doors to the displaced
By Renata Brito — April 11, 2022
(AP) — “After what we saw, (the monastery) is a paradise,” said a refugee from Kharkiv.
As COVID-19 rages in Brazil, sisters in the Amazon fight hunger and isolation
By Global Sisters Report — March 8, 2021
Distributing food and aiding those afflicted by unemployment, hunger and despair, the religious women working in Brazil's Amazonas state have been a driving force in coping with the pandemic.
Catholic LGBTQ nuns are speaking up again, and this time they have no intention of going away
By Claire Giangravé — January 26, 2021
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — New book tells the stories of 23 lesbian and queer religious sisters from different backgrounds, communities, age groups and ministries.
Trump’s California funding threat over abortion puts nuns in unexpected spot
By Alejandra Molina — February 13, 2020
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — It's been nearly three weeks since Trump health officials in the Jan. 24 notice gave the state 30 days to comply or risk losing federal funding.
Nuns hope to be disciples of hope in changing landscape of human trafficking
By Claire Giangravé — September 25, 2019
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A group of religious sisters is meeting with Pope Francis this week in Rome to address the issue of human trafficking, linking the rise of victims to populist movements, increased immigration and climate refugees.
Exhibition in Jerusalem challenges perceptions of modestly dressed women
By Michele Chabin — September 6, 2019
JERUSALEM (RNS) — Featuring women from different cultures, the multimedia investigation of modest dress shows that the common denominator is a thirst for spiritual meaning.
Nuns, other Catholics arrested protesting treatment of immigrant children
By Jack Jenkins — July 18, 2019
(RNS) — A campaigner for Faith in Public life said the group was there to denounce the detention of children at the border as well as other immigration policies.
Nuns & Nones helps millennials find surprise soulmates in Catholic sisters
By Emily McFarlan Miller — July 11, 2019
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (RNS) — Nuns & Nones is a growing alliance connecting Catholic women religious, most of whom are over 60, with 20- and 30-something millennials, many of whom identify as religious 'nones.'
US family discovers Chinese nuns who rescued adopted baby daughter
By Melanie Lidman — December 24, 2018
(Global Sisters Report) — Teagan is happily enjoying life in Chattanooga, Tennessee, doted on by her older siblings, and looking forward to her first Christmas in America.
Global Catholic nuns urge reporting of sex abuse to police
By Nicole Winfield — November 24, 2018
ROME (AP) — The International Union of Superiors General, which represents more than 500,000 sisters worldwide, vowed to help nuns who have been abused to find the courage to report it, and pledged to help victims heal and seek justice.
Page 1 of 6
