Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In their new book Convent Wisdom, academics Ana Garriga and Carmen Urbita introduce us to the sound common sense and surprisingly ...

THE HIGHLANDS, Scotland (Reuters) -It is exciting to be here in these times, says Sister Mary Gianna, a 41-year-old nun from the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia, who teaches children and adults in ...

And now we turn from New York to Austria for Part 2 of our report on three octogenarian nuns. They recently broke into their former convent after running away from a nursing home. In yesterday's ...

SALZBURG, Austria — Morning Mass is underway at the chapel of Schloss Goldenstein, a convent in Elsbethen, an Austrian parish nestled between the church spires of Salzburg and the arresting backdrop ...

The hills are alive with the sound of compromise, as three unlikely rebel nuns have been offered a chance to remain in their former convent in Austria — as long as they give up their Instagram habit.

SALZBURG, Austria — Set against snow-capped Alpine peaks, the convent chapel at Schloss Goldenstein is candlelit and set for Advent. In early December, the mood was contemplative, a sharp contrast to ...

Philadelphia — It was afternoon at the convent, and that meant bingo. A dozen elderly women, some in wheelchairs, others with their walkers pushed aside, studied the triplets of cards in front of them ...

Three Austrian nuns leave a retirement home to break into their old convent with local support and an Instagram following. And now we turn from New York to Austria for Part 2 of our report on three ...