When the last two Sisters of Mercy remaining in Columbus retired this month, 162 years of nuns serving this community came to a close. It’s part of a national trend. The number of nuns ...

Peter’s Square and outdoor exhibit of nativity scenes in the Bernini colonnade ringing it, qualifies as an at-risk target. Rome has had two years of intense preparations for the Holy Year that ...

But Romans and visitors are at least beginning to see some of the finished products. Bernini’s fountains in Piazza Navona are glistening white again after a monthslong cleaning. On Monday the ...

But Romans and visitors are at least beginning to see some of the finished products. Bernini’s fountains in Piazza Navona are ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Tuesday formally inaugurates the 2025 Holy Year, reviving an ancient church tradition encouraging the faithful to make pilgrimages to Rome, amid new security ...

A trailblazing former Catholic nun from New York who became one of the first women sworn in as an FBI special agent died last week at the age of 83. Joanne Pierce Misko — dubbed the “Nun with ...

She made history as one of the FBI’s first women special agents, and her religious calling earned her the nickname “Nun With a Gun.” Breaking News Intern Breaking News Intern Got a tip?

PALMYRA, Pa. (AP) — It was a radical idea, and for many years she had been resistant. But as Zoey Stapleton, 24, walked down a darkened hiking trail, steps behind her parents, she counted back ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Born in Ghana, Sister Seyram Mary Adzokpa had never encountered a nun until adulthood. In 2021 just after ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Sister Seyram Mary Adzokpa, right, kneels in prayer in the chapel at the motherhouse of the Sisters of the ...