Read this excerpt from the Little Sisters’ website, explaining the kind of work these filthy, filthy Catholic nuns do: The Little Sisters of the Poor are an international congregation of Roman ...

The sisters respond to each caller, offering reassurance and encouraging prayers for the pontiff. Unlike most institutions ...

T he Carmelite nuns represent a significant and unique branch of the Roman Catholic Church, dedicated to a cloistered life of prayer and contemplation. This contemplative order has a rich history ...

So when I got a grant to spend three years documenting Roman Catholic nuns cloistered in Mexican monasteries, I jumped at the chance. In Puebla, Mexico, where I grew up, some Catholic churches are ...

After more than a century, the Poor Clares, an order of Roman Catholic nuns, have moved out of their historic monastery in the 700 block of Henry Clay Avenue near Audubon Park, leaving vacant an ...

I n 1883, Bishops John Ireland and Thomas Grace petitioned for six Roman Catholic nuns from the French order of the Little ...

Since 2025 is a Holy Year for the Catholic Church, with 32 million pilgrims projected to visit Rome, related calls make up a ...

in unison and sang “We Shall Overcome.” Persch and Murphy met in the 1960s while opening a Catholic school in Wisconsin as young nuns with the Sisters of Mercy. In their early days, they bonded over ...

The nuns operating the Vatican's switchboard have seen an increase in calls inquiring about Pope Francis' health. They advise ...

Cloistered and homogenous, the cohort of American nuns 75 years of age or older at the School Sisters of Notre Dame, a worldwide institute of Roman Catholic sisters, proved ideal for study ...