Sister Jane Falke celebrates 70 years as a Catholic nun in Kansas this week. She entered religious life when she was 15.

A youngKenyan woman, Lynne Princess has narrated her story joining the convent, going through the journey to the moment she ...

Nun Sense: Women in the Catholic Church. Share 68 Comments Listen. By Kathryn Jean Lopez. About Kathryn Jean Lopez; Follow Kathryn Jean Lopez on X; April 30, 2010 8:00 AM. A habited woman speaks.

Between 100 and 200 young women enter into a religious vocation each year in the U.S. Some never complete the process to become a nun. Those who do are giving up many trappings of modern life ...

Sunny Hostin has worn many hats throughout her career as a bestselling author, former federal prosecutor, and now, a daytime television host. But Hostin revealed on The View that she once considered a ...

For a 2,000-year-old institution that by its very doctrine bars women from its highest ranks, Francis’ synodal process has sparked unusual optimism among women who have long felt they were ...

Religious life was once wildly popular among Catholic women. In 1966, the number of sisters and nuns in America peaked at 181,421, according to the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate ...

The sexual abuse of children by Catholic sisters and nuns has been overshadowed by far more common reports of male clergy abuse. Women in religious orders have also been abuse victims — but they ...

No Catholic hospital in the U.S. is led by a nun — and many of the largest systems would be unrecognizable to their ... As fewer women became nuns, she had to ensure the system's future ...

By 1901, there was one nun per 400 members of the Irish population and many of these women left the country for missionary ...

The sex-abuse crisis in the Catholic Church resulted partly from its male-dominated leadership. And at a time when the Vatican most needs the input of women, the pope is attacking them.