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Catholic Sisters Want to Start New Order Helping Clergy Abuse Survivors

NPR Sister Theresa Alethia and Sister Danielle Lussier stand out at daily Mass at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Lexington, Ky. Their heads are covered in waist-length teal v...

Catholic nuns among the last providing migrant aid at California border

As U.S. immigration policies empty shelters and cut aid along the California-Mexico border, Catholic sisters remain among the few groups supporting migrants stranded with dwindling...

These Catholic sisters want to start a new order with a difficult mission: helping survivors of clergy abuse

Sisters Theresa Alethia and Danielle Lussier call themselves the Sisters of the Little Way of Beauty, Truth and Goodness. Their order plans to help victims of abuse.

These Catholic sisters want to start a new order with a difficult mission: Helping clergy abuse survivors

Sister Theresa Aletheia and Sister Danielle Lussier stand out at daily Mass at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Lexington, Kentucky. Their heads are covered in waist-length teal...

These Catholic sisters want to start a new order with a difficult mission: Helping clergy abuse survivors

Sister Theresa Aletheia and Sister Danielle Lussier are the only community of religious sisters in the Catholic Church fully dedicated to serving abuse victims.

'Even the nuns are mad:' Catholic sisters stand up in support of Haitians outside ICE offices

In Ohio, they're playing a visible role among religious leaders who have been organizing demonstrations after mostly Springfield-area Haitian residents were summoned to report to i...

She was a Milwaukee prosecutor. Now she leads most of the nation’s Catholic sisters

A Catholic sister from Milwaukee who worked for years as a local prosecutor now leads the nation's largest association of Catholic religious women. The post She was a Milwaukee pro...

The Sisters of Life: The Pro-Life Nuns with the Stairway to Heaven

Nat. Review Being at a Final Profession Mass for the Sisters of Life is like entering into heaven for just a moment. (Sisters becoming Sisters of Life for...

A Rural Calling: Sisters Gretchen Shaffer and Kathleen O’Hagan

New York Says Catholic Sisters Will Not Be Required to Participate in Assisted Suicide

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Liberal religious sisters spin their decline as ‘evolution’

Like most other liberal religious orders that have shunned traditional norms such as the habit, the Presentation Sisters of South Dakota are dying out.

In Kenya, nuns lead in providing water, sanitation and hygiene for vulnerable children

The Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood work with children from around Nairobi, rescuing them from the streets, rehabilitating them, and reintegrating them back to school and...

A Little Sister’s Great Mission: The Legacy of Mother Maria Stieren

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Catholic nuns sue New York to block law forcing them to assist in patient suicides

by Ryan Colby, Anglican Ink In a courageous stand for faith, conscience, and dignity of the dying, four orders of Catholic nuns and several Catholic healthcare ministries sued New...

Catholic Anti-Trafficking Network Led by Nuns Assists 1.2 Million Worldwide

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Milwaukee lawyer and Catholic sister takes national role

Milwaukee lawyer and Catholic sister Debra Sciano becomes president of a national group representing about two-thirds of U.S. Catholic sisters. The post Milwaukee lawyer and Cathol...

Bishop Barres, Catholic Sisters Sue New York Over Assisted Suicide Mandates

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With haircuts and health care, Catholic nun ministers to Santa Barbara's poor

In her cosmetology and health ministry, Daughter of Charity Sr. Oanh Tran restores clients' dignity, cutting like a surgeon through matted hair, washing and sometimes mending their...

Ohio bishop suppresses traditional nuns after Vatican rejection

The Children of Mary will be officially suppressed in October after Vatican officials ruled against their recognition as an ‘institute of diocesan right,’ citing ‘formation issues....

50 years serving PH poor, sisters say anyone can help

The Little Sisters of Jesus are urging ordinary people to serve the poor, saying compassion does not require advanced training or special qualifications. Sr. Cecilia Grace of Jesus...

When these college students faced homelessness, New York nuns welcomed them into their convent

At the University of Mount Saint Vincent in the Bronx, eight women pay $250 a month for a room of their own — and the stability to pursue a college degree.

Catholic nuns, bishop sue New York over forced participation in assisted suicide

‘Our calling is to protect and care for needy seniors, not steer them toward suicide,’ Mother Alice Marie Monica of the Little Sisters of the Poor said. ‘We will remain true to tha...

Living with nuns: Priced out of D.C., young women found low rent with unlikely roommates

For 10 years, a Catholic-run home offered young women an affordable place to live in the nation's capital as they studied and launched careers. Now, that community is saying goodby...

Nepal floods leave 'nothing' behind as Catholic nuns mobilize aid

Following catastrophic flooding in Nepal and an earthquake in eastern Indonesia, Catholic sisters are providing aid while reeling from the damage the disasters left behind.