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World’s oldest person, Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas, dies at 116
Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas, the oldest person in the world, died Wednesday in Porto Alegre, Brazil, at the age of... Read more
Armed gangs murder 2 nuns in Haiti
Sisters Evanette Onezaire and Jeanne Voltaire, members of the Congregation of the Little Sisters of St. Therese of the Child... Read more
How hundreds of religious sisters contributed to ‘groundbreaking’ 30-year Alzheimer’s study
Launched in 1986 by neurologist David Snowdon, the “Nun Study” produced “seminal findings” on “cognitive impairment and related neuropathologies,” researchers... Read more
The nuns who witnessed the life and death of Martin Luther King Jr.
Sister Mary Antona Ebo was the only Black Catholic nun who marched with civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.... Read more
Asteroids named for four religious sisters who mapped half a million stars
The four nuns spent up to 11 years researching 481,215 celestial bodies for the Vatican Observatory. Read more
Dictatorship in Nicaragua uses confiscated nuns’ home as migration office
The former house of the Sisters of the Fraternity of the Poor Ones of Jesus Christ is in the city... Read more
Pope Francis calls for release of 6 religious sisters taken hostage in Haiti
Armed gunmen took the religious sisters hostage in Port-au-Prince on Friday during a bus hijacking. Read more
Religious sisters sue Smith & Wesson for ‘facilitating’ mass shootings
A collection of four congregations of Catholic religious sisters filed a lawsuit against the gun manufacturer Smith & Wesson on... Read more
Nicaraguan dictatorship takes over Catholic school; three nuns may be deported soon
According to the Nicaraguan media, the police justified the takeover of the school by stating that they must review the... Read more
Catholic organization rescues three nuns trapped amid crossfire in Sudan
The Vulnerable People Project evacuated in cooperation with other institutions three nuns caught in the crossfire of the civil war... Read more
Pope Francis: Monks and nuns are ‘the beating heart’ of evangelization
The pope pointed to the example of St. Thérèse of Lisieux and other cloistered religious who sustain the life of... Read more
Wild West nun Sister Blandina is focus of planned TV series ‘Trinidad’
A trailer for the “Trinidad” series describes Sister Blandina Segale as “an unsung hero of the West who never carried... Read more
Servant of God Mother Mary Lange and the rich history of Black Catholic religious orders
Two centuries ago, Mary Elizabeth Lange emigrated to the United States from Cuba and joined a friend to offer free... Read more
Pope Francis tells religious sisters to fight back when mistreated by 'men of the Church'
The pope's prayer intention for the month of February is for religious sisters and consecrated women. Read more
Pope Francis asks religious sisters to pray for him: 'It is not easy to be the pope'
The pope also shared a story from the life of St. Therese of Lisieux. Read more
Meet the Catholic nuns leading the fight against human trafficking
When a 26-year-old Nigerian girl was first forced out on the streets of Italy by her traffickers, she was told:... Read more
Polish bishops recall service of priests, nuns during Warsaw Uprising
Commemorating the 76th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising against the Nazis, the Catholic bishops of Poland released a reflection on... Read more
Potential postulants wait and see as COVID puts convent plans in question
If everything were going according to plan, Jessica would be entering the convent on August 22. Read more
Ruthenian women's community established as eparchial monastery
The Ruthenian Bishop of Parma last week erected Christ the Bridegroom Monastery as a female monastery sui iuris of eparchial... Read more
Polish nun who helped saved Jews during Holocaust dies at 110
Believed to be the “oldest nun in the world,” Polish Dominican nun Sister Cecylia Maria Roszak has died at the... Read more
