In Spain, nuns quench pilgrims’ thirst for beer and the word of God
Vitoria, Spain Reuters A congregation of Catholic nuns has reopened a bar in an ancient sanctuary in northern Spain, pulling pints of beer in the hopes of spreading the word of God to thirsty guests visiting the 11th-century Romanesque site. “I think plenty of people would think it’s unusual, because they’ve never seen it. But you know, […]
Nuns in a time of nones: The winding path to today’s religious vocations
From 2020 to 2022, more than 900 women and men entered religious life. They all took their own, sometimes circuitous routes to get there. PAUL O’DONNELL, of Religion News Service, reports…
Lifestory: Loyola’s Sister Jean captured hearts during March Madness. Now she’s written a book.
At 103, Chicago’s beloved Catholic sister, best known simply as ‘Sister Jean,’ has added publishing a memoir to her list of achievements. She speaks with EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service…
These US Catholic nuns are raised up on Eagles’ wings
United StatesRNS Sister Margaret Fagan, principal of St Aloysius Academy for Boys in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, a half hour west of downtown Philadelphia, is so sure the local team will win the Super Bowl on Sunday that she’s already designated Monday a school holiday. Fagan’s decision to give the kids an extra day off isn’t […]
Gunmen took 83-year-old nun from bed in Burkina Faso, says order
New Orleans, US AP Ten gunmen kidnapped an 83-year-old American nun from her bed in the west African nation of Burkina Faso and destroyed almost everything in the house where she lived, but left four other women unhurt, a Louisiana official for the order said Wednesday. Sister Suellen Tennyson was taken late Monday “from her room in […]
Seventy-six Franciscan nuns test positive at monastery in Germany
Berlin, GermanyAP Seventy-six Catholic nuns have tested positive for COVID-19 after an outbreak at a Franciscan convent in north-western Germany, church authorities said Tuesday. Another 85 nuns received negative test results at the monastery in Thuine, not far from the Dutch border, the convent’s Mother Superior told The Associated Press. Exterior view of the monastery […]
Nearly 2,000 Catholic nuns sign letter demanding Trump “count the votes”
RNS Nearly 2,000 nuns have signed a letter addressed to President Donald Trump suggesting he abandon calls to halt vote tallies in various states and instead “count the votes.” The letter accuses “some elected officials” of making “the immoral choice to hold onto power at any cost, including disenfranchising thousands, denying their most sacred gift: […]
Trump’s California funding threat over abortion puts nuns in unexpected spot
Los Angeles, USRNS Kevin Eckery said the Catholic order of religious sisters isn’t interested in “sparking a huge cultural war”. They also don’t want to punish anybody, said Eckery, a communications consultant. But – whether they wanted it or not – a culture war might be upon them. Thousands of abortion opponents march in the […]
ESSAY: IT’S TIME TO REVIVE RELIGIOUS CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
In an article first published on Religion News Service, US commentator JOHN GEHRING, author and Catholic program director at Faith in Public Life, calls for a “revival of religious civil disobedience”…
PEACEMAKERS: WOMEN’S NETWORK BUILDS BRIDGES AMID NIGERIA’S VIOLENCE, MUSLIM AND CHRISTIAN MISTRUST
FESTUS IYORAH, in an article published on Religion News Service, reports on how an innovative effort to bring together Christian and Muslim women in Nigeria is changing lives…