The Supreme Court on Monday ordered a lower court to reconsider a case brought by religious organizations against a New York state regulation requiring employers to cover abortions through health insurance plans.
Thousands of pilgrims have traveled to a monastery in Gower, Missouri, to view a nun’s body which appears to show no signs of corruption four years after her death.
Catholic priests and nuns were among the most visible members of society participating in protests against the communist regime of Cuba on Monday, the largest single day of pro-freedom protests since July.
A Colombian nun kidnapped and held hostage by a Mali affiliate of Al-Qaeda in 2017 was recently freed, the office of the Malian presidency announced Sunday.
The transgressive eroticism of “Basic Instinct” and “Showgirls” director Paul Verhoeven is back. In place of Vegas dancers and ice-pick-wielding bisexual killers, his latest movie features lesbian nuns engaging in clandestine sex acts in 17th century Italy.
President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is under fire as Republicans in the Senate unify against him and Democrats remain uncertain if they will be able to cobble together enough votes to secure confirmation.
Seventy-six Catholic nuns have tested positive for COVID-19 after an outbreak at a Franciscan convent in northwestern Germany.
A 76-year-old nun was assaulted on a bus in the multicultural city of Graz, Austria, according to reports. An Afghan migrant has been arrested.
“Those beautiful sisters. Wow,” Trump marveled. “Well, we’re with you. You know that.”
A video posted on social media shows four Roman Catholic nuns posing for photos at the venue for a Trump campaign rally in Waterford Township, Michigan, on Friday.
The purple and white habits are worn by the Children of Mary order.
ROME (AP) — Outbreaks of the coronavirus have stricken two convents in the Rome area.
A group representing leftward-leaning Catholic nuns in America has issued a rebuke to President Trump, urging him to “end all divisive and polarising rhetoric.”
Is there any accountability in the Catholic Church? Rape a kid? No problem. Rape a whole bunch of kids? Whatevs. Cover up the raping of kids? Pish-posh. And now you can steal $500,000 from struggling schoolchildren and not face criminal charges.
The White House has invited a renowned group of Catholic nuns to sing at this year’s National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony along with other performers.
Two men have been spared jail after they burst into evening service at a convent warning nuns they must either convert to Islam or go to hell.
Two Islamist men barged into the Carmelite Verdun monastery late last week during evening prayers in which they told the nuns to convert to Islam or go to hell. The two men were described as being in their thirties and both
Two women dressed as nuns armed with handguns attempted to rob a Pennsylvania bank Monday afternoon, police say.
The news of the marriage of two former religious sisters has saddened Pope Francis, according to the Vatican Undersecretary of State, Archbishop Angelo Becciu.
The president of Italy’s largest Islamic association has posted a photo of Catholic nuns splashing in the shallow water along the seashore to protest recent bans on burqinis.
The Obama administration is claiming it has the unprecedented power to compel churches to provide abortion-related products and services.
Two French nuns who have devoted their lives to helping the homeless and downtrodden are now in danger of facing the same fate, as they could soon be evicted from the kitchen and little room they rent in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District.
A congregation of Missionary Sisters in Colombia is suing a television network to prevent the airing of a series about its founder and Colombia’s first canonized saint, Sister Laura Montoya Upegui, claiming that it presents a false picture of the saint’s life.
Madonna’s “Rebel Heart” tour doesn’t kick off until September, but the singer gave fans a behind-the-scenes look at her rehearsals on Monday with a pair of videos posted online.
In June, a small group of nuns embroiled in a real estate dispute with the Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles vowed to fight the sale of their Los Feliz former convent to pop star Katy Parry. Friday, the ladies took the case to the courts.
Forget her feud with Taylor Swift; pop singer Katy Perry is now set for a legal battle with a group of nuns.
Buddhists live a life of simplicity and gratitude, yet even the most simple of lifestyles require the bare necessity of a sound shelter for living. A group of Buddhist nuns in Escondido, California has been working together to build their own
The president of the Indian conference of Catholic bishops, Cardinal Baselios Cleemis, has insisted that the Indian government take its responsibility seriously to bring to justice the criminals who raped an elderly nun and assaulted several others. “I ask the authorities to guarantee that justice is done,” he said.
