An Italian-born nun who confronted notorious outlaw and a folk hero Billy the Kid has been put on a path to possible sainthood. The case for Sister Blandina Segale's canonisation has been presented b...
A group of Catholic nuns protesting construction on land belonging to their congregation have been assaulted by unknown assailants. The incident occurred after the nuns of the Sisters of St Paul in H...
A nun based in the war torn Syrian city of Aleppo says she is committed to staying there, despite an ongoing bombardment. "Please help us - the bombs are falling all around us, but we are not going t...
Two nuns have admitted embezzling approximately $500,000 from a Catholic school in California and using it at casinos in Las Vegas, it has been claimed. Sister Mary Kreuper and Sister Lana Chang took...
A Catholic charity has provided £180,000 so nuns helping displaced Christians and others in Kurdistan can have a new convent. Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), which is part of the Vatican, has given...
The hearing regarding an outdoor chapel set up in Pennsylvania, in an attempt to block a proposed natural gas pipeline's path began on Wednesday. The Adorers of the Blood of Christ are protesting a p...
Residents at the Vatican are swapping robes and clerical collars for tracksuits and trainers. An athletics club for the Holy See has been launched. The 60 members include nuns, Swiss Guards, a 62-yea...
Nuns in Italy have run for their lives after a 6.6 earthquake destroyed a cathedral and basilica. The nuns knelt in prayer after firefighters rescued them in the town of Norcia. Emergency services ha...
Two nuns have reportedly been rescued after they were stuck in an Italian lift without food or water for three days. The unnamed sisters, a 69-year-old from New Zealand and a 58-year-old from Ireland...
Two nuns in Spain have undergone virginity tests in an attempt to defend the leader of their order from allegations of sexual abuse. Feliciano Miguel Rosendo da Silva, 57, was arrested in March...
A group of US nuns is taking time out from prayers to create what's being described as 'heavenly' cheesecakes. The sisters from New Skeete monastery in New York state are selling the desserts for $40...
A Bishop in Bangladesh is condemning an attack on nuns in the country. It's reported Sisters from the Pontifical Institute of Foreign Missions were violently assaulted by a gang of up to 60 armed men...
A Spanish nurse who helped treat a priest who died from Ebola has contracted the illness. The unnamed female worker is the first person to catch the disease outside of Africa.She was involved in the ...
A Spanish nurse who contracted Ebola while she cared for a priest with the virus has recovered. Teresa Romero, 44, had been treating Fr Manuel Garcia Viejo, who became ill while working as a missiona...
Security is "absolutely massive" in America ahead of this month's visit from Pope Francis, a Catholic commentator has told Premier. Austen Ivereigh, from Catholic Voices, the Church's mouthpiece in t...
The US President will speak in Selma, Alabama, later to mark the 50th anniversary of the marches that took place to protest against the lack of voting rights. The anniversary comes with America digest...
A former adviser to the US President has said he effectively told Barack Obama not to support gay marriage in 2008, despite the future president being in favour In a new book, "Believer: My Forty...
The United States President has been speaking of how he intends to "degrade and ultimately destroy" an extremist group in Iraq which is persecuting tens of thou Islamic State (I.S.) militant...
US President Barak Obama is being urged to raise the issue of religious freedom as he prepares to attend the G20 meeting of global leaders in China. The rights of religious groups, particularly ...
The US President has sung Amazing Grace to mourners at the memorial service of Revd Clementa Pinckney, the pastor who was killed in the Charleston massacre. Barack Obama delivered a eulogy for his fri...
