As a musician, Sister Catherine Marie Schuhmann likens the expressions of the female Passionist vocation to "a symphony orchestra -- all these different instruments, all contributing to the one, ...

Gloria Branciani, a former religious sister of the Loyola Community, discusses the sexual, spiritual and psychological abuse she said she suffered by Father Marko Rupnik, her spiritual director and ...

TRAVERSE CITY — There’s a group that recently formed here in northern Michigan dedicated to singing Catholic hymns dating back centuries. The musical history of the Catholic Church includes hymns that ...

Bishop Michael Olson celebrates the Mass for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception at the new Carmelite convent in Cooke County on Dec. 8, 2025. Juan Guajardo / North Texas Catholic More than two ...

A Catholic archbishop in northern India has urged Catholic priests and nuns trained as lawyers to come forward and “resist anti-conversion narratives” targeting Christians in the country. Archbishop ...

An order of Catholic nuns in Wisconsin recently returned land they had purchased in 1966 to the Indigenous tribe that originally settled it. During a ceremony with deep spiritual symbolism, the ...

Franciscan nuns in Wisconsin transferred their land to the Lac du Flambeau tribe, believed to be the first such "land return" by a Catholic group in the U.S. An order of Catholic nuns in Wisconsin ...

(RNS) — ‘The Catholic Church recognizes service to people on the margins as corporal works of mercy that are cornerstones of Christianity,’ the legal complaint reads. (RNS) — Taking a cue from the ...

Pope Leo XIV praised the “silent and hidden love” of cloistered nuns who, he said, are free from the slavery of society’s focus on outward appearances. Focusing on the contemplative dimension of the ...

‘Hymns that are liked by the people are a good choice, but it’s also important that they convey the Catholic faith,’ said Archbishop Shawn McKnight. Scene from the 2024 National Eucharistic Congress ...