religious life
Nuns open restaurant offering free food in London – named ‘Nundos’
The restaurant opened in Shoreditch as part of Channel 5’s ‘Bad Habits, Holy Orders’ series
‘Party girls’ sent to live in convent for reality TV show
Sister Frances Ridler said the programme was an ‘honest portrayal’ of religious life and would be ‘good for the Church’
Nearly half of those pondering religious life in the US have to pay off student debt first
Jesuits and Paulist Fathers are among the few orders who say they can pay off loans once entrants have been ordained
The nuns who have doctors baffled
Doctors are unable to explain why a nun’s brain fully invaded with Alzheimer’s kept functioning at a high level
Get thee from the nunnery
The Reformation may have caused women’s religious roles to be set back centuries
The much-loved Sister who showed me that being a nun is a wonderful vocation
She never had any children, but as a dormitory mistress she lavished her maternal gifts on us
Young people bullied for following God’s call could embrace Elizabeth of the Trinity as their patron
Despite the pleas of her mother – and quite a few marriage proposals – Elizabeth refused to abandon her vocation
Does religious life have a future?
Many religious orders in the West are declining and ageing, but there’s actually plenty of good news as well
Pope Francis to women religious: where would the Church be without you?
At Vespers the Pope also warned priests and religious in New York against ‘worldly comfort’
Women entering religious life in England and Wales at 25-year high
Forty-five women joined religious orders last year, according to official figures
