An Italian nun who allegedly helped Italy's most powerful mafia, Calabria-born 'Ndrangheta, get messages in and out of jail was released from house arrest on Monday. A Brescia detention review court ...

Between 100 and 200 young women enter into a religious vocation each year in the U.S., and not all of them will complete the process to become a nun. For those who do, they are giving up many ...

Born in Ghana, Adzokpa had never encountered a nun. Her family attended the Catholic church faithfully, but she knew nothing of the religious life and always thought marriage would be her path.

Less than 1% of nuns in the United States today are 30 or younger. That number has remained steady in the past decade but shows little signs of increasing. Between 100 and 200 young women enter ...