A 71-year-old Australian nun was arrested in the Philippines on Tuesday for “engaging in political activities,” another indication that Rodrigo Duterte’s administration is cracking down on political dissidents.
Catholic Sister Catherine Rose Holzman “collapsed and died” Friday evening in a Los Angeles courtroom after testifying regarding Katy Perry’s lawsuit to take over a convent without the nuns’ approval.
A nun dressed in a full habit was spotted using a chainsaw to clear brush from the fallen debris following Hurricane Irma’s destruction in Miami, Florida, according to a video captured by an off-duty police officer.
A Brooklyn nun said a man threatened to kill her while she was praying inside a church.
Two Massachusetts women have been charged with robbing a Roman Catholic nun of her rosary beads at knifepoint.
Last summer, when ISIS issued an ultimatum to Christians in northern Iraq to “convert, pay or die,” they carried out their reign of terror by marking the houses and properties of Christians with the Arabic letter “N,” a symbol for “Nazarenes” (Christians), which they intended as a slur.
Police in India released images of four men who allegedly gang-raped a 71-year-old nun inside her convent at the Convent of Jesus and Mary. Authorities arrested ten people possibly connected to the rape.
