11 Peruvian sisters formed a rock band in a convent and are taking the gospel on tour.
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Posted inFaith, Short Take
Why are people fascinated by nuns doing normal things?
A chainsaw-wielding sister is just the latest viral sensation.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Florida nun grabs chain saw to help with Irma recovery
A Florida Nun helps with the Hurricane recovery efforts her own way.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
Here’s a surprise: ‘Tulip Fever’ gets faith right
In today’s culture a routine engagement of religion in a movie is not so ordinary.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Court rules that company can take nuns’ land to build natural gas pipeline
“Clearly, the harm alleged by Transco outweighs this harm alleged by the Adorers,” the court opinion read.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
French-Canadian nuns face the modern world and a surly teen in “The Passion of Augustine”
In the wake of Vatican II, the teaching nuns of a convent find their way of life being jettisoned by a revenue-challenged church.
Posted inFaith, News
Nun officiates Catholic wedding in Canada with local bishop and Vatican’s permission
“It was also an experiment for the Catholic Church.”
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Catholic sisters send Senate a message: Don’t touch Medicaid
The sisters say that they are “most troubled by the cuts it would make to Medicaid by ending the Medicaid expansion and instituting a per capita cap [on spending].”
Posted inArts & Culture, Podcasts
‘The Keepers’ isn’t easy to watch. Here’s why you should anyway
What is it about habits and cassocks that capture the imagination of even secular audiences?
Posted inFaith, News
Nuns welcome activists to pray in a new chapel blocking gas pipeline’s path
Allowing the pipeline through the property would run contrary to the congregation’s Land Ethic.