Among the regular pilgrims, tourists and assorted onlookers were groups of nuns. There are around 600,000 Catholic nuns ...

Nuns don’t have a vote in the election of a pope. But nearly 900 superiors of the world’s female Catholic orders gathered in ...

Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost, is a Chicago native and the first North American to assume the papacy.

Westover filmed the nuns over a period of four years. There is no voiceover, nor are the nuns identified by name. We imbibe ...

"We must be vigilant in doing our part to keep that flame of church renewal alive," she told the assembly of sisters — some in regular clothes, others in traditional habits.The International ...

Also known as 'An Caillech Mór' ('The Great Nun’), Agnes was part of the Uí Máelsechlainn family, the founders and patrons of the monastery. The papal privilege issued in 1195 by Pope ...

Sisters from the Servants of the Lord and the Virgin Matará, a cloistered religious community, reflect on their big day ...

American nun Sister Rose Pacatte shares her hopes for women in the Roman Catholic Church after the election of Pope Leo XIV ...

History was made yesterday as Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected as the new pope of the Catholic Church. Not only is Prevost ...