Read more nuns stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/3226/nuns.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:30:06 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/67068/us-nuns-dodge-specter-of-sex-abuse.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLast week the largest group of American nuns held its annual meeting, and once again they refused to let survivors of sexual abuse in Catholic schools attend. When even the bishops have acknowledged the depth and seriousness of abuse within the Church, it's strange for the nuns to bury their...http://www.newser.com/story/67068/us-nuns-dodge-specter-of-sex-abuse.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 17 Aug 2009 9:11:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64786/italian-cops-fine-nuns-speeding-to-see-pope.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagItalian police pulled over a Ford Fiesta doing 112mph and found it full of nuns desperate to see the Pope, the Guardian reports. "The police were shocked to find three nuns of a certain age in the Fiesta," says the driver, who wanted to help the Pope recover from his...http://www.newser.com/story/64786/italian-cops-fine-nuns-speeding-to-see-pope.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 19 Jul 2009 19:52:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63347/vatican-steps-up-scrutiny-of-american-nuns.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Vatican has launched two major probes into the lives of America's 60,000 nuns, the New York Times reports. Many nuns have stopped wearing habits, moved out of convents, and found work in academia or political advocacy in the last few decades, and some fear the investigations are part...http://www.newser.com/story/63347/vatican-steps-up-scrutiny-of-american-nuns.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 02 Jul 2009 1:57:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61097/defiant-nun-arrested-after-cop-showdown.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Miami nun has been arrested after getting in the middle of a confrontation between a police officer and a homeless man wielding an ice pick, WPLG 10 reports. The man had been causing a disturbance outside the shelter where Sister Margaret Anthony works, and when police tried to defuse...http://www.newser.com/story/61097/defiant-nun-arrested-after-cop-showdown.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 05 Jun 2009 11:31:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60101/former-tennis-prodigy-finds-purpose-as-nun.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe world met her as a plucky 14-year-old tennis phenom with pigtails, a bratty star who fought her way to No. 2 in the world rankings. But that early success came with a heavy pricetag, and Andrea Jaeger has found her place as an Anglican Dominican nun, the Washington Post...http://www.newser.com/story/60101/former-tennis-prodigy-finds-purpose-as-nun.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 26 May 2009 14:20:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60084/saucy-brits-in-nun-garb-freed-from-greek-jail.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Greek court has freed 17 British men arrested while carousing dressed in nun's habits with lacy lingerie beneath, the BBC reports. Charges of offensive behavior were dropped against the men—who spent a night in jail and appeared in court still in costume—after no one showed up to...http://www.newser.com/story/60084/saucy-brits-in-nun-garb-freed-from-greek-jail.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 26 May 2009 5:15:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57245/dont-blame-nuns-for-your-bad-sex-life-catholic-honcho.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAre Catholic nuns responsible for repressed and sexually frustrated American women? That's absolute nunsense, fumes a conservative Catholic leader after a former sex-columnist-turned-deputy-editor at Cosmo blamed uptight teaching by nuns for women's sexual hangups. "It's not easy to undo damage caused by years of exposure to Catholic-school nuns," Nicole Beland...http://www.newser.com/story/57245/dont-blame-nuns-for-your-bad-sex-life-catholic-honcho.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 26 Apr 2009 16:45:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/46691/brazilian-busted-in-murder-of-us-nun-nabbed-on-slavery-charges.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Brazilian rancher facing charges in the death of a 73-year-old American nun has been arrested again for fraud and slavery in the same Amazon region where the nun was shot three years ago, reports CNN. Evidence supporting the latest charges will be used at his murder trial. Four others...http://www.newser.com/story/46691/brazilian-busted-in-murder-of-us-nun-nabbed-on-slavery-charges.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 31 Dec 2008 8:15:18 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/35919/pressured-priest-well-have-nun-of-catwalks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn Italian priest's plans for a nun beauty pageant have been nixed by his higher-ups, the BBC reports. Father Antonio Rungi, who said the idea was to highlight the inner beauty of nuns and smash stereotypes of the sisters as old and dour, decided to draw a veil over the...http://www.newser.com/story/35919/pressured-priest-well-have-nun-of-catwalks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 27 Aug 2008 4:28:09 CDT