“Behind all this is the unfortunate idea...that priests are everything in the church while sisters are nothing.”

The Roman Catholic diocese where two priests were killed earlier this month has withdrawn all nuns from the hyper-violent city of Chilapa in southern Mexico.

America spoke to a number of young women religious about the vital contributions they and their fellow sisters make to the Catholic Church.

New data from the most comprehensive survey of American Catholic women ever conducted.

Alice McDermott's new novel will provoke contemplation and prayer. It is a Catholic book, and it will seep into you like indigo into a clean, pure bolt of cloth.

Lois Smith called writer-director Greta Gerwig "a remarkably talented person."