The Vatican has documented over 1,500 martyrs since 2000, including victims of Islamic militants, Amazon ranchers and ...

Earlier this year, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced the end of a half-century of partnerships with the ...

Here's the word: "A group of top U.S. Catholic bishops and nuns on the front lines of the country’s immigration conflict have ...

Fátima, just a few kilometers from home, had to be our first stop. Built on the exact spot where, in 1917, the Virgin Mary ...

Three elderly Austrian nuns defy relocation to a Catholic care home and make a determined return to their longtime convent near Salzburg.

A rebellious trio of elderly nuns escaped from a care home before breaking into their former convent in Austria.

Sisters Bernadette, Regina and Rita needed a locksmith to get back into their convent, defying Church leaders.

For more than 20 years, the Mountains have been home to the Norbertine Canonesses of the Bethlehem Priory of St. Joseph.

A panel of US Catholic bishops and nuns criticized Trump’s immigration policies for fracturing families and communities. They emphasized the destabilizing effects and vowed support for immigrants.

BOLOGNA, Italy — This city of red-brick towers and delicately painted porticoes once boasted the most convents of any city in Italy: Nearly 100 sanctuaries sprang up in the 16th century for women ...

The arrest and jailing of two Catholic nuns on false charges of human trafficking and conversion has rocked the Indian parliament, with opposition members seeking their immediate release. RAIPUR: The ...