A nun’s ability to find humor rather than outrage, to remain humble while believing oneself to be in possession of the truth, is something we can use more of in today’s church.
Women Religious
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
How Loyola Chicago’s Sister Jean prays—on and off the court
A conversation with the celebrity sister of college basketball
Posted inFaith, Jesuitical
The Catholic nun stories that haven’t gone viral (yet)
Every day and on every continent women religious are doing life-saving, cutting-edge work in hospitals and research laboratories, refugee camps and prisons. Dawn Araujo-Hawkins tells their stories.
Posted inEditorials, Faith
The Editors: To prevent abuse, clericalism must be uprooted.
Today more and more women religious are speaking up and demanding that the church hold abusers to account.
Posted inFaith, News
U.S. nuns urge changes to church structure to address abuse
The largest association of religious sisters in the United States called Thursday for an overhaul of the male-led leadership structure of the Catholic Church.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis on Yemen, Venezuela and the abuse of nuns by clergy
During a 45-minute press conference on the flight from Abu Dhabi to Rome, Pope Francis answered questions about whether the Holy See would be ready to act as a mediator to avoid a civil war in Venezuela, the problem of the sexual abuse of nuns by clergy in the Catholic Church and the humanitarian crisis in Yemen.
Posted inArts & Culture, Culture
How do nuns watch the Super Bowl? A look at #SuperBowlintheConvent
If your eyes drifted from the television seeking entertainment elsewhere (who could blame you?), you might have stumbled upon the most entertaining hashtag of the night: #SuperBowlintheConvent.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Vatican magazine denounces sexual abuse of nuns by priests
The Vatican’s women’s magazine is denouncing the sexual abuse of nuns by priests — and the resulting “scandal” of religious sisters having abortions or giving birth to children who are then not recognized by their fathers.
Posted inFaith, Video
Women served as deacons for a millennium
In 2016, Pope Francis gathered a commission to study the history of women deacons in the church. For the first time, Phyllis Zagano and Bernard Pottier, S.J., two members of the commission, speak about their life-long research on this topic. This Conversation with America is hosted by Michael O’Loughlin, national correspondent for America.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope advances sainthood causes for 17 women
Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of three women and recognized the martyrdom of 14 religious sisters who were killed during the Spanish Civil War.