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Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore gives a keynote address Sept. 18, 2026, at the National Assembly of the Conference of Major Superiors of Women Religious in Florissant, Mo. The theme of the Sept. 17-20 assembly was "250 Years of Freedom: Daughters of the Church from One Generation to the Next." (OSV News photo/courtesy CMSWR)

Archbishop Lori calls on women religious to help renew US political culture

George P. Matysek Jr.|Sep 20, 2026|6 Min Read

Mother Antonia Brenner. (Eudist Servants/Wikimedia Commons)

The Beverly Hills socialite who devoted her life to prisoners

Heather King|Oct 3, 2025|4 Min Read

Augustinian Sister Regina, 86, Rita, 81, and Bernadette, 88, sit on a bench as they occupy their old convent in Goldenstein castle in Elsbethen, Austria, Sept. 12, 2025, near Salzburg, and refuse to move back to their retirement home. (OSV News photo/Angelika Warmuth, Reuters)

World

'Nuns on the run' case in Austria highlights plight of aging, dwindling religious

Gina Christian|Sep 16, 2025|4 Min Read

People participate in a demonstration sponsored by Sisters Speak Out about immigration and the economy, June 24, 2025 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (OSV News/Leslie E. Kossoff)

Catholic sisters protest Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' outside U.S. Capitol

Kate Scanlon|Jun 25, 2025|3 Min Read

A scene from the documentary film “Final Vows.” (A Street Productions, LLC)

These cloistered nuns display quiet, yet unshakable faith in the desert

Heather King|May 9, 2025|4 Min Read

Sister Francis Dominici Piscatella, a member of the Sisters of St. Dominic of Amityville, N.Y., poses for a photo at the Dominicans' motherhouse April 21, 2025. Sister Piscatella, who celebrated her 112th birthday on Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025, is the oldest religious sister in the U.S. and the second oldest in the world. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Oldest religious sister in US turns 112; 'Her presence, her joy' is real, says prioress

Kurt Jensen|Apr 23, 2025|4 Min Read

Pope Francis shakes hands with Linda Hilton, chair of the board of directors of the Conrad Hilton Foundation, during an audience with the foundation at the Vatican Jan. 22, 2025. Standing with her is Salesian Sister Alessandra Smerilli, secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope meets with members of LA-based Hilton Foundation

Carol Glatz|Jan 22, 2025|3 Min Read

Sister Teresa Agnes Gerlach of Jesus Crucified, former prioress of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington, Texas, and Bishop Michael F. Olson of Fort Worth, Texas, are pictured in an undated combination photo. Members of the women's religious community have been dismissed from the Carmelite order and Catholic religious life, according to Oct. 28, 2024, statements from Bishop Olson and Mother Marie of the Incarnation, whom a Vatican office appointed as the community's major superior in April. (OSV News photo/courtesy Matthew Bobo and Bob Roller)

Nuns in Arlington, Texas, dismissed from Carmelite order, religious life

Maria Wiering|Oct 29, 2024|6 Min Read

Sister Judy Vaughan shows visiting sisters around Alexandria House, the shelter for homeless women and children in Koreatown she founded in 1996. (Kayleen Sullivan/Conrad N. Hilton Foundation)

Top Catholic sisters share challenges, solutions at Hilton Foundation visit

Pablo Kay|Sep 10, 2024|5 Min Read

Oblate Sisters

After 191 years, Oblate Sisters are honored for heroic ministry during cholera epidemic

George P. Matysek Jr.|Nov 27, 2023|4 Min Read

Pope Francis greets Consolata Sister Simona Brambilla, superior general of the Consolata Missionary Sisters, during a June 5, 2017 audience with the men's and women's branches of the religious missionary congregation. (CNS/L'Osservatore Romano)

Pope names first woman secretary of dicastery for religious

Cindy Wooden|Oct 9, 2023|2 Min Read

The late Sister Maria Rosa Leggol hugs a child in a scene from “With this Light.” (Miraflores Films)

‘Mother Teresa of Honduras’ spotlighted in new documentary

Stefano Rebeggiani|Sep 14, 2023|5 Min Read

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