Four skeletons, known as catacomb saints or Holy Bodies, have been on display for centuries at the Catholic monastery church ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A convergence of news elements inspires this reflection on how we picture Jesus, with special attention to how religious ...

Police arrest suspect who struck a 48-year-old nun in the face while she was walking in the city The 48-year-old nun was attacked on 28 April 2026 in occupied East Jerusalem, leaving her face bruised ...

Historian Peter Jones explores how the Middle Ages understood the Seven Deadly Sins not as a list of vices, but as a map of the mind — a practical guide to living well. In the depth of Siberian winter ...

Regarding “Democrats vs. Nuns, Again” (Review & Outlook, April 11): The Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, who run Rosary Hill Home, were dental patients of my father from the time he opened his practice ...

Anger’s in there somewhere, sure, a kind of generalized psychic road rage, but not enough of it to qualify. Same with envy, pride, gluttony, lust—just floating shards. Avarice? Nah. Of the seven, ...

What is it with Democrats going after Catholic nuns performing works of mercy? The Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne operate a 42-bed nursing facility in New York that gives free palliative care to poor ...

More than two years after a scandal erupted between a group of secluded Arlington nuns and a Catholic bishop, the Vatican will allow the Fort Worth diocese to establish a new order of nuns. In a ...

The hills are alive with the sound of compromise, as three unlikely rebel nuns have been offered a chance to remain in their former convent in Austria — as long as they give up their Instagram habit.