There are around 600,000 Catholic nuns around the world, and they dedicate their lives to a variety of religious service, like charitable work, living in seclusion in monasteries and focusing on ...

In photos: Nuns from across the world gather on Vatican streets to witness history. As the conclave voted for a new pope, ... There are around 600,000 Catholic nuns around the world, ...

Pictures of a young Argentinian nun – smiling and serene though dying from a devastating battle with cancer – have erupted on social media, with thousands sharing the images and heartfelt prayers.

PHOTOS: Young nuns: Two diverse paths to a rare life of faith But it wasn’t until the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, about a year later, that she fully embraced the call. “There was fear.

As a cradle Catholic I was fascinated with the lives of the saints, which also happens to be the name of a book I spent hours poring over, gazing at the photos and wondering how I could ever be so ...

Universal Pictures Content Group and Passion Pictures have wrapped on a new documentary about the nun who inspired 1995 Oscar-winning hit “Dead Man Walking,” Variety can exclusively confirm ...

Catholic nuns who live in a monastery outside Philadelphia are busy making communion wafers for Pope Francis’ historic visit. The soft-spoken "Poor Clares," as they are known, have dedicated ...

Sadly, it's still rare that a film today is directed or written by a woman, produced by a woman, or starring strong female characters, but "Novitiate," a new film by Sony Pictures Classics, checks ...

After 26 years as a nun, Jesme Raphael gave up her robes and walked out of the Congregation of the Mother of Carmel, the Catholic order in Kerala, India, that had been her home for three decades ...