RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A group of Brazilian women behind bars applied makeup, donned gowns and competed in a singing contest ...

As Italy grapples with overtourism, a series of ancient trails resurrected by nuns winds through the forgotten landscapes where Benedictine monasticism shaped medieval Europe.

Gloria Branciani, a former religious sister of the Loyola Community, discusses the sexual, spiritual and psychological abuse she said she suffered by Father Marko Rupnik, her spiritual director and ...

Venture beyond the convent door to gain a deeper understanding of the lives of religious sisters. From award-winning producer/director Keith Famie and his team at Visionalist Entertainment Productions ...

The cultural stereotype of a Catholic nun is often very uptight -- as in unmercifully swatting a child's knuckles with a ruler -- but sometimes it's more violent. Nuns plot murders. This happened on ...

An order of Catholic nuns in Wisconsin recently returned land they had purchased in 1966 to the Indigenous tribe that originally settled it. During a ceremony with deep spiritual symbolism, the ...

(RNS) — ‘The Catholic Church recognizes service to people on the margins as corporal works of mercy that are cornerstones of Christianity,’ the legal complaint reads. (RNS) — Taking a cue from the ...

A Spanish court has ruled in favor of the Catholic Church in the eviction lawsuit against the former Poor Clare nuns of Belorado, ordering them to leave the monastery they are illegally occupying.

Two Catholic nuns who were arrested at a train station in central India have been released on bail after spending more than 10 days in prison. “The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) has ...

Esther Kyalo is not your ordinary 30-year-old. She grew up a staunch catholic and rose to become a nun but today, she is a nurse, having left Sisterhood for a different calling. Growing up in a strict ...

Protests are spreading in India over the arrest of two nuns on conversion and human trafficking charges in Chattisgarh state in central India. The ongoing demonstrations that began with the July 25 ...

On July 27, the Indian Catholic bishops in a press statement expressed 'outrage and deep concern over the recent arrest' of the nuns. Nuns in habits pray alongside novices at the Indore Bible ...