A photo illustration by Oona Zenda of KFF Health News. ST. LOUIS — Inside the more than 600 Catholic hospitals across the country, not a single nun can be found occupying a chief executive suite, ...

Pope Francis urged a group of nuns with “vinegar faces” to steer clear of gossiping and not to speak with “the Devil” in an off-the-cuff rant. His Holiness, 88, spoke with sisters from the Union of St ...

Nuns sexually assaulted by priests are one of the last Catholic taboos, but with reports of abuse rising, it is a scandal that will be difficult for the future pope to ignore. "In the past, the nuns ...

The Catholic Church has declared a North Texas order of nuns "extinct" after conflict including accusations that a nun broke her vow of chastity with a priest — via email and video chat. The Vatican ...

The family of Mother Mary Angeline Teresa McCrory, an Irish nun who founded the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm, is ...

Sister Rosa, born Ngoc Hong Thi Pham in Vietnam, says the children she teaches at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Academy in New York City "look like angels." The 35-year-old native of Saigon is a nun ...

Of the 16 Poor Clares who were in the monastery when they split from the Church, only seven remain, awaiting an eviction ...

The bishops who make up the official leadership of the U.S. Catholic Church have steadfastly opposed Democrats' health care plans on pro-life grounds, saying it will not sufficiently cut back on ...

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