Roman Catholic nuns
One nun’s mission to save souls, from death row to the Met opera
By Meagan Saliashvili — October 5, 2023
(RNS) — The story of a killer’s — and Sister Helen Prejean’s — redemption comes to New York.
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 nun’s kneeling protest in Myanmar praised as ‘model for church leaders’
By Claire Giangravé — March 3, 2021
(RNS) — A Catholic nun kneeling in front of government troops in Myanmar became a symbol of democratic resistance after a military coup seized the country last month.
Nuns’ advice on coping with pandemic: Eat, pray for Dr. Fauci, love your neighbor
By Elizabeth E. Evans — August 11, 2020
(Global Sisters Report) — Like the rest of us, Catholic nuns are stuck at home and missing sports, but are keeping busy with prayers, baking and friends.
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.
Cardinal O’Malley repeats: Church needs to discipline bishops over sex abuse
By David Gibson — November 20, 2014
(RNS) But the Boston archbishop, one of Pope Francis' closest advisers, said the Vatican needs a system of accountability and must “avoid crowd-based condemnations.”
Paul Ryan, Joe Biden: A tale of two Catholics
By Daniel Burke — August 15, 2012
(RNS) Vice president Joe Biden sits to the left of Catholic doctrine on abortion and other life issues. Fellow Catholic Paul Ryan, the newly minted GOP vice presidential candidate, sits to the right of his church on fiscal policy. If the 2012 presidential campaign proves anything, it's that there is no perfect Catholic politician. 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.
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