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Monastic life carries the genetic code of Pentecost
8+ hour, 30+ min ago (315+ words) A painting on the ceiling of St. Catherine Church in Spring Lake, New Jersey, depicts the Holy Spirit descending upon the apostles. (CNS/Octavio Duran) When we think of a monastery, our imagination usually turns to silence, high walls and…...
Theater professor's fashion interest in nuns' habits opened door to Broadway
8+ hour, 30+ min ago (484+ words) In the pleats, cuffs and hems of the habits of the Sisters of Charity of New York, theater professor Darrin Pufall Purdy found a type of calling of his own. The sisters had modified the habit in the 1960s, after the…...
Meet the basketball-loving nuns who are taking the NBA playoffs by storm
1+ day, 56+ min ago (742+ words) San Antonio Spurs center Luke Kornet receives a blessing before the game. (Instagram screenshot) The NBA playoffs are not usually the place where one expects to find Catholic nuns turning into social media superstars. But that's exactly what happened after…...
Amid protests at Delaney Hall, a Catholic nun has been offering 'radical hospitality"
1+ day, 8+ min ago (233+ words) Amid protests at Delaney Hall, a Catholic nun has been offering 'radical hospitality' Global Sisters Report Sr. Susan Francois tends to her 'radical hospitality' tent outside the immigration detention facility Delaney Hall in Newark, N. J. (RNS) For five days, Delaney Hall,…...
Nuns gather in support of 50th anniversary of Women's Ordination Conference
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (676+ words) It was a time to look back at a 50-year journey, but also a time to look forward to the next 50 years. Kate Mc Elwee, executive director of the Women's Ordination Conference, said in an interview that while there is…...
For 50 years, Filipino nuns worked in factories and lived in slum areas, accompanying people at the margins
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (1218+ words) Sisters of the Little Sisters of Jesus thresh rice in Boso-Boso, Antipolo, Philippines, in the 1980s. They are beating harvested stalks against a wooden frame to separate the grain. (Courtesy of Little Sisters of Jesus) A nun in a blue veil…...
After Pope Leo XIV's visit, a question remains: Who is listening to Africa?
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (1017+ words) Pope Leo XIV receives the offertory gifts as he celebrates Mass at Bamenda International Airport in Cameroon April 16, 2026. (OSV News/Vatican Media/Simone Risolutii) When Pope Leo XIV arrived in Africa, the world saw what it expected. During his April…...
What the Artemis mission reveals about wonder in our fragile world
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (410+ words) "It can sometimes be the tiniest things in nature that arouse wonder in us," writes Sr. Anne Henson. "Being receptive and attentive to that sense of wonder could transform the world." Some words are overworked. "Awesome," for example, is frequently…...
When fear knocks on the doors of consecrated life, the Holy Spirit responds
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (995+ words) by The Life Panelists Have you ever felt "locked in" by fear or doubt, only to be surprised by the Spirit's guidance or encouragement? What happened, and how did it change the moment? The transition from the Ascension to Pentecost…...
Q&A with Sr. Leticia Salazar, who says the synod is a process can help listen to migrants, those who suffer
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (576+ words) In 2023, Sr. Leticia Salazar made Catholic Church history by becoming one of a small contingent of women allowed to participate and vote in the consultation process known as the synod on synodality, a type of gathering that " until then " only…...