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Sisters of St. Elizabeth read at a Mass in Wroclaw, Poland, June 11, 2022; the Mass featured the beatification of 10 Polish members of the order who were killed by Russian soldiers at the end of World War II. (CNS photo/courtesy Congregation of Sisters of St. Elizabeth)

Pope Francis praises 'example of faith' of newly beatified Polish nuns martyred in WWII

Catholic News Agency|Jun 12, 2022|3 Min Read

Sister Dolores Zok, bottom left, with some Ukrainian displaced people who stayed with her congregation after fleeing their country. (Sister Dolores Zok via Crux)

World

Religious sisters play key role in helping Ukrainian refugees

Inés San Martín|Jun 3, 2022|6 Min Read

Pope Francis is pushed in a wheelchair by his aide, Sandro Mariotti, as he greets participants in the plenary assembly of the women's International Union of Superiors General (UISG) at the Vatican May 5, 2022. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope, using wheelchair, meets superiors of women's religious orders

Cindy Wooden|May 5, 2022|3 Min Read

Three Marianite Sisters: Suellen Tennyson, Pascaline Tougma and Pauline Dourin, are pictured in an undated photo near the clinic where they serve in Yago, Burkina Faso. Sister Tennyson, 83, an American, was kidnapped late April 4 or early April 5 after armed attackers broke into the convent on the parish compound. (CNS photo/courtesy Marianites of the Holy Cross)

World

U.S. nun, 83, kidnapped in Burkina Faso

Peter Finney Jr.|Apr 6, 2022|4 Min Read

Members of the Sisters of Life join other pro-life advocates in reciting the rosary during a monthly "Witness for Life" prayer vigil held across the street from a Planned Parenthood center in New York City. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

A revival of women religious?

Charles Camosy|Mar 30, 2022|4 Min Read

Russian Orthodox Sister Vassa Larin, a popular catechist, has denounced the official position of the Russian Orthodox Church on the war in Ukraine. Sister Larin is pictured in an undated photo. (CNS photo/courtesy Sister Vassa Larin)

World

Russian Orthodox nun denounces war, but has questions about 'consecration'

Cindy Wooden|Mar 21, 2022|4 Min Read

Doris Reisinger, who said she was subject to abuse by a priest while in a consecrated community, is pictured in Münster, Germany, in this Feb. 18, 2019, file photo. She encouraged every member of a community to know their rights. (CNS photo/Lars Berg, KNA)

Faith

Safer spaces: Protecting the dignity of consecrated people

Carol Glatz|Feb 3, 2022|5 Min Read

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On LA's anxious streets, St. Mother Teresa’s missionaries bring life

Steve Lowery|Dec 22, 2021|9 Min Read

Sister Ann Rose Nu Tawng, a member of the Sisters of St. Francis Xavier, kneels in front of police and soldiers during an anti-coup protest in Myitkyina, Myanmar, Feb. 28, 2021. Sister Tawng, who became a symbol of Myanmar's nationwide protests, has been named by the BBC as among the 100 most influential and inspiring women of the year. (CNS photo/courtesy Myitkyina News Journal)

World

BBC names Myanmar nun to list of 100 most influential, inspiring women

Catholic News Service|Dec 7, 2021|2 Min Read

Members of 24 congregations of women religious from around the country gather outside the White House Dec. 3, 2021, to demonstrate against President Joe Biden's continuation of Title 42 expulsions. Title 42 is a provision of the U.S. public health law that Trump administration officials implemented to keep migrants out as COVID-19 infections began rising in the U.S. in 2020, and it has remained in place during the Biden administration. (CNS photo/Rhina Guidos)

Catholic sisters make Advent plea to Biden: End 'immoral' immigration rule

Rhina Guidos|Dec 6, 2021|6 Min Read

Sister Maris Stella attended the U.S. Naval Academy and enjoyed her years of military service. But she felt God was calling her to an even higher level of service. (Courtesy of Sister Maris Stella via CNA)

Faith

Meet the Navy veteran who became a Sister of Life: ‘My heart was made for something more’

Katie Yoder|Nov 10, 2021|6 Min Read

Pope Francis blesses Sister Gloria Cecilia Narváez Argot, a member of the Franciscan Sisters of Mary Immaculate, at the end of Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Oct. 10, 2021. The sister, a missionary from Colombia, was kidnapped in Mali in 2017 and released in early October. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

World

Pope blesses nun held captive nearly five years by insurgents in Mali

Carol Glatz|Oct 10, 2021|3 Min Read

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