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Three elderly women religious in Austria fled their nursing home and returned to their longtime monastery, defying church superiors.

Catholic-led nonprofits in El Salvador say their future is at risk under a new “foreign agents” law that mirrors one used in neighboring Nicaragua to silence church groups and charities.

Several hundred Catholic sisters and guests gathered in downtown Atlanta for the annual assembly of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious.

“Never have we ever faced such a charge (of forceful religious conversion) in our history,” said the mother superior of the Assisi Sisters.

Catholic Charities USA, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of San Antonio, the Catholic Daughters of the Americas and others across the nation are offering material and spiritual aid to those …

CHICAGO (OSV News) — On the 175th anniversary of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini’s birth July 15, the sisters of the order she founded continue on with her tireless work of service …

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In his first appointment of a top-level official of the Roman Curia, Pope Leo XIV named Sister Tiziana Merletti, a canon lawyer, to be secretary of …

A hidden chapter of Christ’s Passion has come to light through the mystical revelations of Servant of God Sister Leonia Nastal.

(OSV News) — Two women religious were murdered March 31 by armed gangs in the city of Mirebalais, Haiti, as long-standing violence continues to further destabilize that nation. Sister Evanette Onezaire …

Pilgrims, poetry, and the patron saint of the emerald isle are featured in OSV News stories this week, so peruse at your pleasure, and don’t forget to pray for the …