Nuns

Ladakh's nuns

The number of Ladakh's nuns had dwindled to 300 in the mid-1990s as they grappled with adverse factors. Thanks to the intervention of Dr Tsering Palmo, the founder of the Ladakh Nuns Association, the community is now 1200-strong.

Kerala HC ruling on clergy's right to ancestral property assuages mounting miseries

Kerala HC's verdict will go a long way in assuaging mounting miseries of the state's clergy.

Nuns in Kerala seek pension, claim the Church leaves them high and dry in old age

Many tales of harassment and sexual exploitation of nuns in monasteries have come to light recently but very little was known to the outside world about the true living condition of the nuns, especially the aged ones.

Pope Francis in New York: Addresses Congress on immigration, death penalty; tells nuns 'I love you'

Pope Francis delivered the first papal speech before Congress and thanked American nuns in an evening prayer service in St. Patrick's Cathedral.

Pope Francis canonizes two Palestinian nuns

Pope Francis named two Palestinian women as saints on Sunday, in a ceremony in Saint Peter's Square just days after the Vatican formalized its de facto recognition of the State of Palestine.

Number of British women becoming nuns hits 25-year high

The number of women becoming nuns in Britain reached a 25-year high last year, according to figures released by the Catholic Church on Thursday.

Three elderly Italian nuns raped, murdered in Burundi convent

Police initially reported that two nuns were stabbed to death on Sunday afternoon. The killer then battered one of the two with a rock, before fleeing the convent.

Sister act: Three nuns silently live the gospel in a Muslim ghetto

On the southern outskirts of Paris, Grigny-2 is an often desolate, and dangerous, place. Three Catholic nuns have chosen to move into the vast housing project and spread the gospel by, first of all, being good neighbours.