A person dressed as a nun was caught stealing beer from a convenience store on a surveillance video. In the video, the “nun” opens a sliding glass freezer to grab a beer. The “nun” looks around and then places the beer underneath the clothing. Moments later, the “nun” is caught on tape stealing a bottle Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Nuns’
Sr Sesilia Ioane: woman of faith, hope and trust
Friday, October 26th, 2012
Sister Sesilia Ioane, from Samoa, is leader of the Sisters of Nazareth community at Nazareth House in Wynnum, Queensland. She says that young people seem to think that “nuns are not quite human.” It’s clear that such young people have not heard her wonderful laugh, nor seen the remarkable work she does with the elderly Read more
Nun: ‘We agree with our bishops’!
Tuesday, September 11th, 2012The nun’s short speech got less attention than the rousing address by former President Bill Clinton, or the cutting remarks by Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren, but in her own way, Sister Simone Campbell said something remarkable at the Democratic National Convention. Campbell, one of the so-called Nuns on the Bus who have toured the country Read more
Badass nun says Paul Ryan is a bad Catholic
Tuesday, August 21st, 2012
Who’s the better Catholic: Paul Ryan or Sister Simone Campbell, who recently led a rollicking group of nuns on a cross-country tour to protest Ryan’s budget bill? We think Jesus would choose Sister Simone. Her platform is simple: unlike Romney and his running mate, nuns know what real-life Americans go through because they actually work Read more
Vatican crackdown: The dramatic life of LCWR head nun
Friday, August 10th, 2012
Though she is at the center of one of the biggest crises in the Catholic Church today, Sister Pat Farrell is loath to talk about herself, and certainly not in any way that would make her a focus of the looming showdown between the Vatican and American nuns. To be sure, Farrell has spoken publicly Read more
LCWR president looking for ‘third way’ with Vatican
Tuesday, July 24th, 2012
As the Leadership Conference of Women Religious in the United States heads towards its annual assembly in August, its president says she is looking for a “third way” in dialogue with the Vatican. Last April the Vatican announced a major reform of the 1500-strong association, under which it will be supervised by three bishops. The Read more
Benedictine sister targeted for environmental justice work
Tuesday, July 10th, 2012Environmental activism is a dangerous vocation in the Philippines, but a Catholic nun in Mindanao is defying those who want her to return to her convent and stop raising her voice in defence of creation, Catholic News Service reports. Benedictine Sister Stella Matutina works in Mindanao, the most conflictive island in the southern Philippines. Now Read more
Nuns: questions are not defiance
Friday, June 22nd, 2012
The leader of the American nuns in a battle with the Vatican is challenging the reasons for disciplining her organisation. The President of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, Sr Pat Farrell, said that Catholics should be able to search for answers about faith without fear and that raising questions of doctrine should not be seen Read more
Vatican head says it’s not about the nuns, but about the nun’s leadership
Tuesday, June 19th, 2012
The attack on the Nuns is a case of perception not reality according to Vatican Cardinal William Levada, who admits to being saddened by people’s assessment of him, his office and the report on the nuns. Levada, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), insists neither he, nor the Vatican is picking on the nuns. “We’re sad if people Read more
Nuns leave Vatican and return home to consider next move
Friday, June 15th, 2012
Accused of promoting radical feminism and promoting social issues incompatible with the Church, United States Leadership Committee of Women Religious President Sister Pat Farrell and Executive Director Sister Janet Mock said they “were grateful for open dialogue” with Cardinal William Levada, and Archbishop Peter Sartain, on Wednesday. The nuns, who requested the meeting, told Reuters Read more
- A medical doctor and Catholic nun represents views of many in differences with the Vatican
- Interview with Archbishop Sartain
- Vatican official warns of 'dialogue of the deaf' with US Nuns
- If the Sisters of the LCWR 'sever ties' with Rome, then they stop being Sisters (Comment)
- Will the Vatican's crackdown on Nuns work? (Several comments)
- Analysis: Tensions between Vatican, US nuns grew from decades-old dispute
- Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley laments discord on nuns