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Sr. Mary Roger Thibodeaux, noted 'Black power' nun, dies at 86
Nuns alleging abuse by former Jesuit Marko Rupnik plead with Francis for investigation
Sister Holiday takes the heat
Margot Douaihy’s New Orleans is a fever dream. Her protagonist is a queer, punk nun who is all in on her vocation.
Sister Agatha roller-skates away from the church
The heroine of Claire Luchette’s novel realizes she became a nun to avoid being herself.
by Jessica Mesman
Peace activist nun Megan Rice dies at 91
Documentary features defiant nuns who defied 'patriarchy of the Catholic Church’
by Alejandra Molina
When your partner loses faith
After Stina Kielsmeier-Cook’s husband became a none, she reached out to some neighborhood nuns.
by Elizabeth Felicetti
Take & read: American religious history
New books that are shaping conversations about American religious history
Selected by Douglas H. Brown Clark
Catholic sisters and their difficult vocation
Alice McDermott ponders a mystery: How is it that women hear the calling and find the strength to love and support their neighbors?
by David Crowe
Must we lose monastic communities before we realize how profound their presence is in our lives?
By Debra Bendis