Nuns News
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With millions of YouTube views and hits on Spotify and iTunes, a group of young nun rockers play one of their biggest gigs next week, and thousands of Catholics, including the pope himself, will lap it up.
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Two Catholic school nuns in California have admitted to embezzling about $500,000, and using the funds over the years for travel and gambling in Las Vegas, their order said on Monday.
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Three nuns lashed out on Friday against the menial work they have to do for clergymen, often for no money, in a rare public criticism of the Catholic Church's male hierarchy.
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One of the jihadists who murdered an elderly French priest smiled as he carried out the attack, and nuns who witnessed the grisly murder said the killers spoke about the Koran.
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By AFP
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Pope Francis told gossip-loving priests and nuns to bite their tongues on Monday, and warned those breaking their vow of obedience to fall into line sharpish.
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Los Angeles -
The terms "Katy Perry" and "convent" are not the first to spring to mind when playing a word association game. The pop star wants to buy an ex-convent, and the former nuns who lived there are not having any of it.
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In a Chicago suburb, a group of disgruntled nuns have united against an unwanted neighbor. This strip club, they say, plays loud music as they pray and keeps them up late at night.
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A group of nuns kidnapped by rebels in the Syrian town of Maalula in December were released early Monday thanks to Lebanese-Qatari mediation and handed to the Syrian authorities.A monitoring group said the release was secured in exchange for some 150 w...
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A group of nuns kidnapped by rebels in the Syrian town of Maalula in December were released early Monday thanks to Lebanese-Qatari mediation and handed to the Syrian authorities, an AFP journalist said.A monitoring group said the release was secured in...
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A group of nuns were celebrating the 400th year of their order on December 31. During their celebrations, to their embarrassment, they missed a phone call from Pope Francis.
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A Syrian rebel group calling itself the Free Qalamoun Brigades has taken responsibility for the kidnapping of several nuns after Syrian rebels captured the historical Christian town of Maaloula.
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Rome -
Pope Francis on Saturday evening told future priests and nuns to resist the temptation to buy expensive cars; instead they should buy something more "humble."
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Francis Poulenc's "Dialogues des Carmélites" examines the role of faith in the face of a mob. It doesn't offer a happy ending, but it does provide a powerful opera experience. The current Canadian Opera Company production runs now through May 25th.
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Sister Act, the musical based on the 1992 movie, opened in Toronto as part of a national tour following its Broadway run. It's a fun-filled spectacle that cleverly riffs on classic dance tunes while keeping the mood light-hearted.
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It is true that Mother Prioress of the Abbey of Regina Laudis once kissed Elvis Presley. It is also true that when she did her name was Delores Hart, an actress on the rise.
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In a study published in the medical journal The Lancet, two Australian doctors have recommended regular doses of contraceptive pills for nuns. The doctors Kara Britt and Professor Roger Short, said that contraceptive pills will protect nuns from cancer.
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Security surrounding Pope Benedict XVI as he begins the second day of his four-day UK visit has meant that nuns and monks are being frisked by police.
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London-based Decca Records, part of Universal Music Group, has just added a new music group to their label which already includes Lady Gaga, Eminem, and Black Eyed Peas, to name a few.
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Police discovered marijuana plants growing at a convent in Uganda. Two nuns are being questioned about the plants and two porters have been arrested. Police are demanding to know who was growing the plants and if the nuns have a secret bad habit.
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An order of Catholic nuns in Minnesota that operate free health clinics in the state's two largest cities have a bird's eye view of the growing health care crisis in America.
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Sister Carol Gilbert and Sister Ardeth Platte are nuns who protest war and stand for peace. They are also labeled as terrorists in Maryland.
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An Italian priest wants to change the stereotype that nuns are all old and gloomy. He is organizing an online beauty contest for nuns worldwide to highlight their image and work.
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In the case of Indiana’s photo ID law, it is considered to be the strictest in the United States. For the Indiana primary, the photo ID law has posed to be a pain for prospective voters.
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6 nuns in Little Rock, Arkansas have been excommunicated from the Catholic Church. Seems the women believe the founder of their sect, Marie Paule Giguereis, is the reincarnation of the Virgin Mary - and that God speaks directly through her.
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For ten years 55 nuns of the St Kyrikos and Ioulite monastery in Greece secretly ran a knitting company on the side.
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Take a look at this group and tell me, are they Catholic nuns or are they devote Muslim women? Wikimedia
The cast of Sister Act offer a high-energy, joy-filled performance, and are assisted by great design, along with disco-inspired choreography by Anthony Van Laast. Joan Marcus
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