In many cases, however, closures would not have been necessary if bishops did more to empower those who have long been relegated to second-class status in parish affairs: nuns and lay people.

Sister Rose Pacatte is a daughter of St. Paul — an order known as “the media nuns.” She is a film critic and the founding director of the Pauline Center for Media Studies. “Just being ...

Sister Maria was among a group of cloistered nuns from the Servants of the Lord and the Virgin Matará who met the Holy Father before his departure on Sept. 26, 2015, and presented him with bouquets of ...

Sister Rosalie Erdmann's phone has been buzzing quite a bit these past few weeks. When Robert Francis Prevost started being talked about as a possible candidate to be the next pope, the 96-year ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - A local Agnesian nun who spent a majority of her life teaching at a seminary school was surprised to find out that her former student is now the leader of the Catholic Church.

“He was the pride and joy of every priest and nun in that school,” Angarola said. “Everybody knew he was special.” Another St. Mary’s classmate, Peggy Wurtz, remembered Prevost singing ...

Frank Barry is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist and member of the editorial board covering national affairs. He is the author of the new book, "Back Roads and Better Angels: A Journey Into the Heart ...

RACINE, Wis. — A nun in Racine shed tears of joy when Pope Leo XIV was announced Thursday, having personally met the new pontiff multiple times before his elevation to lead the world's Catholics.

Playing the song for the last 25 years, fans received a special treat when Metallica traveled to the stadium to play the song live, causing the fans to set off the Richter scale. Currently on ...

(NEXSTAR) — Nuns and nurses, pilots and volunteers. They’re the heroes who pulled off a massive evacuation effort 50 years ago — airlifting 3,000 Vietnamese orphans out of the war zone in ...

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