72 year old nun mugged yards from her convent

A nun wearing her habit has been mugged while walking through an English park. The thief escaped with just an umbrella, a bus timetable and a bottle of water because 72-year-old Sister Lorna from St Mary's Convent, ...

Evacuation of Pinoys in Gaza far from over – envoy

According to Philippine Ambassador to Israel, Petronela Garcia, "Effort will continue in succeding days to evacuate Flipino nationals who decided to leave Gaza. Some Filipinos not wanting to leave husbands...

Brazil: rancher claims land US nun Dorothy Stang defended

As Brazilian President Lula received a phone call from just elected Barack Obama, there were signals of greater bilateral relations. However, other issues are in their pending agenda: the unfortunate killing of US...

Raped Indian nun denounces police

" A Roman Catholic nun raped in the Indian state of Orissa, allegedly during a riot by Hindus, has publicly denounced local police. The nun held a news conference in the Indian capital, Delhi, in which she...

Priest to hold nun beauty pageant

"An Italian priest says he is organising the world's first beauty pageant for nuns to erase a stereotype of them as being old and dour. Antonio Rungi says The Miss Sister Italy online contest will start on his blog in September. "Nuns are above all women and beauty is a gift...

Priest to hold nun beauty pageant

who told you nun's can't be in the show business? well think again because you will be seeing the next num beauty pageant soon.   An Italian priest says he is organising the world's first beauty pageant for nuns to erase a stereotype of them as being old and dour. ...

Nuns Behaving Badly

In what has been called the “tip of the iceberg” by a lay group that monitors sex abuse in the Roman Catholic Church a nun has been brought up on criminal charges for allegedly sexually assaulting two boys...

Polish police end nun rebellion

"Polish police have evicted a group of defrocked Roman Catholic nuns from a convent they were occupying in defiance of the Vatican. "

Polish police end nun rebellion

"Polish police have evicted a group of defrocked Roman Catholic nuns from a convent they were occupying in defiance of the Vatican. "

Venetian Nunneries: An Awesome Good Time

New research is showing that contrary to popular opinion, nunneries in the late Middle Ages/early Renaissance were pretty darn cushy for the ladies -- at least the ones in Venice. Basically used to store "surplus" wealthy young women, the nunneries let the nuns come and go as...

Today's Nun Has A Veil--And A Blog

"More young women are entering convents. How they are changing the sisterhood. For the iPod generation, it doesn't get more radical than wearing a veil. The hijab worn by traditional Muslim women might have people talking, but it's the wimple that really turns heads. And in...

Italian nun slain in Somalia, Pope link speculation

"Gunmen killed an Italian nun at a children's hospital in Mogadishu on Sunday in an attack that drew immediate speculation of links to Muslim anger over the Pope's recent remarks on Islam."

Nun Terrorized by Terror Watch

As reported today at Digitalfog News:A high-ranking Catholic nun finds hell on Earth in airports when her name is flagged by security screeners. Although we think there is more to the story, we could not get...

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