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Nuns Rock, and Vatican Is Nuts to Mess With Them

Mark Russell — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 09:14:05 CDT

Catholic nuns represent much of the best the church has to offer—they're tough, smart, and humble. Which is why Nicholas Kristof has a clear warning for Pope Benedict: "You are crazy to mess with nuns," whom Kristof lauds as "the first feminists" and whom he has seen "defy warlords,...

Vatican Cracks Down on 'Liberal' US Nuns

Mary Papenfuss — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 03:51:00 CDT

The Vatican is launching a massive crackdown on US nuns for their failure to attack gay marriage, female ordination, and abortion. Officials blasted the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, an umbrella group that oversees some 55,000 American nuns, for sponsoring conferences that feature "radical feminist themes incompatible with the...

Tibet Nun, 18, Sets Self Ablaze

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:11:23 CST

An 18-year-old Tibetan nun has set herself on fire in western China in the latest such protest against Beijing's handling of the vast ethnic Tibetan regions it rules, an overseas activist group said today. Free Tibet said in a statement that the nun had died after setting herself ablaze yesterday....

Nuns Fight Next-Door Strip Club

Rob Quinn — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:00 CST

A group of nuns in suburban Chicago aren't happy about their naughty new neighbors. A huge strip club is being built next door to the sisters' convent complex, which includes a home for elderly nuns and one for young nuns-to-be, reports the Chicago Sun-Times. The nuns complain that they had...

Tibetan Nun Sets Self on Fire, Marking 11th Incident

Kate Schwartz — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 09:11:00 CDT

The number of self-immolations to occur among Tibetans in recent months can no longer be counted on two hands: A Tibetan nun died today after setting herself ablaze. It's the 11th such incident to occur in southwest China since March, and the second by a nun ; the AFP reports that...

'Nuns' on the Run After Bank Heist

Rob Quinn — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 04:42:01 CDT

Police are seeking an unholy duo who robbed a suburban Chicago bank dressed as nuns. In a scene straight out of the Ben Affleck heist movie The Town , the handgun-wielding pair jumped the counter and ordered staffers to fill a duffel bag with cash, reports the New York Daily News...

Nuns Rap Goldman Sachs Fatcats for Pay

Kevin Spak — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:53:40 CDT

Lloyd Blankfein’s salary nearly doubled in 2010 to a total of around $19 million—and the Catholic church isn’t happy about it. Four orders of nuns that invest with Goldman Sachs have all signed on to a proposal demanding the bank review its compensation policy, the Guardian reports. The nuns...

Baseball Card Donated to Nuns May Fetch $200K

Slurge — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:15:05 CDT

Though his sister, a nun, died more than 10 years ago, a man who died this year left all of his possessions to her order, the School Sisters of Notre Dame in Baltimore. Among those donated gifts was a diamond in the rough, or rather a figurative diamond in rough...

Nuns Busted for Pot Garden

Mary Papenfuss — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 06:19:00 CDT

Looks like some nuns are getting into a bad habit. A one-acre pot plantation has been discovered in the midst of a convent garden in Uganda. A pair of nuns are being questioned about the stash; one reportedly said the herb was used to treat pigs and other farm animals....