Sister Lucía Caram, an Argentinian nun living in Spain, has made 18 journeys to the war-torn country over the past 15 months, usually bringing humanitarian aid and returning home with refugees or wounded soldiers.
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Nun’s incorruptible remains highlight rich heritage of Black Catholics in U.S., say experts
The body of Benedictine Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster of the Most Holy Rosary was found to be incorruptible. She founded an interracial, contemplative Benedictine community that bridged racial divides in the Church.
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How a religious congregation decides it’s time to close up shop
This week, Jesuitical is joined by Sister Donna Dodge, the president of the Sisters of Charity of New York, which recently decided to embark on a “path to completion.”
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Nerves, tears and chanting: What I saw during the New York Sisters of Charity vote to stop accepting members
’The air was still. The silence felt like a cloak enfolding the room.‘
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The end of an era for the Sisters of Charity of New York
The Sisters of Charity of New York is on a path to completion after numbers have dwindled in recent years. But the sisters are facing trying times with joy.
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What convinced me that we need more women leading at the Vatican
I am usually not one to call for big changes or support radical ideas. If the church has worked this way for 2,000 years, I used to think, who are we to change it now?
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The famous poet nuns who filled the pages of America magazine
In mid-century America, nuns and sisters were writing poems, and publishing them in the nation’s finest publications.
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Interview: The women behind ‘Sister Boniface Mysteries,’ a show about a crime-solving nun that gets religion right
Sister Boniface reminds me of so many great women’s religious that I have had the good fortune of knowing—enormously competent, of deep integrity and undaunted in their commitment to helping people.
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What Sister Jean learned in her first 100 years about God, Life and Basketball
Sister Jean discusses Loyola’s magical Final Four run, why she loves being around young people and where she believes the Catholic Church is headed.
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Sister Nathalie Becquart will be the first woman to vote with bishops at a synod. Her advice for young women? Listen.
Becquart has been traveling the globe in recent weeks as an ambassador for the Synod on Synodality, planned for October in Rome.