Nuns’ diverse experiences of monastic solitude reflect modern urban loneliness. In 1812 Lord Byron expressed the contradictory nature of loneliness in the poem Childe Harold, juxtaposing the positive ...

Sister Marizele of Brazil has earned new fans across the internet after showing off her beatboxing skills on Catholic television.

A Catholic nun has generated a huge online reaction after she broke into a beatboxing riff on TV in Brazil. The moment was ...

They ascended the scaffold out of love for Christ. Within days of their sacrifice, the Reign of Terror came crashing down.

American nun Sister Rose Pacatte shares her hopes for women in the Roman Catholic Church after the election of Pope Leo XIV last week.

where there’s an iron grille—a physical symbol of the nuns’ separation from the outside world—which Edith Maria pulls back so I can see her in her brown Carmelite garb. Her long dark hair is pulled up ...

Nuns who’ve brunched ... Her long dark hair is pulled up under her habit and she wears glasses. I take a seat opposite her. For Sister Edith Maria, monastic life began with a Google search ...

It was only under pressure that Pope Francis ... Francis “has denounced all forms of abuse”. Nuns in black, grey, white, beige or brown habits, in Rome to study, work or accompany pilgrims ...

It was only under pressure that Francis lifted ... Francis “has denounced all forms of abuse”. Nuns in black, grey, white, beige or brown habits, in Rome to study, work or accompany pilgrims ...

For progressives, like the American nuns under investigation, the open windows let in the ... Many religious were uncomfortable with wearing the habit. Social and political agitation became for them ...

The Wishnu Dewanta Orchestra, under music director Wishnu Dewanta ... sparkly dresses whenever she’s not undercover in a nun’s habit. When the nuns are performing for a bigger crowd, they ...

Nuns who’ve brunched ... Her long dark hair is pulled up under her habit and she wears glasses. I take a seat opposite her. For Sister Edith Maria, monastic life began with a Google search ...