By Michael Short OSV News LEWES, Del. — It was the first time some of the students had ever seen a nun. A pair of Sister Servants of the Lord visited St. Jude the Apostle Church in Lewes earlier this year to give the religious education students a look at women in habits. They talked […]
Kentucky Sisters of Charity confront their slaveholding past
By Ruby Thomas Catholic News Service LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The historic buildings on the motherhouse grounds of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, Kentucky, were “built by the hard labor of the enslaved men who made the bricks and laid them in place,” said Sister Theresa Knabel, a member of the congregation. “That these buildings […]
Two nuns in South Sudan killed in highway ambush
By Fredrick Nzwili Catholic News Service NAIROBI, Kenya — Two Catholic nuns were shot and killed along a highway in South Sudan Aug. 16 as they were returning home to Juba. Seven other sisters survived the attack. Sisters Mary Daniel Abut and Regina Roba were members of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart in […]
In Nigeria, nun cares for children labeled as ‘witches’
By Valentine Iwenwanne Catholic News Service UYO, Nigeria — Three years after taking in 2-year-old Inimffon Uwamobong and her younger brother, Sister Matylda Iyang finally heard from the mother who had abandoned them. “Their mother came back and told me that she (Inimffon) and her younger sibling are witches, asking me to throw them out […]