Consecrated Life

  • November 6, 2023

Consecrated Life: A call to discernment
  • April 26, 2023

Nuns, monks are ‘beating heart’ of the church, pope says

The prayers of nuns and monks are like "oxygen" for all members of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis...
  • April 26, 2023

Every Christian has a vocation to share God’s love, pope says

Every Christian has a vocation to respond to God's love and to share that love with others, Pope...
  • January 27, 2023

Day of Consecrated Life is time to renew missionary zeal, cardinal says

The religious-order brothers, sisters and priests and the hermits, monks and consecrated virgins who serve God and the...
  • November 7, 2022

Despair over declining numbers shows lack of faith, pope tells religious

Aging or declining membership should prompt members of religious orders to ask, "What do we do?" but not...
  • September 9, 2022

Show me the honey: Maryland sisters find divine touch in beekeeping

With an apron protecting her long, black religious habit, Sister Deborah Rose Rosado marveled at the steady stream...
  • May 6, 2022

Pope, using wheelchair, meets superiors of women’s religious orders

Meeting with superiors general of women's religious orders, Pope Francis arrived in a wheelchair -- the first time...
  • May 3, 2022

Religious superiors see realism as important part of synod process

With prayer and laughter, songs and furrowed brows, more than 500 superiors of women's religious orders from around...
  • May 3, 2022

Catholic University names street in honor of Sister Thea Bowman

Officials at The Catholic University of America dedicated and blessed a campus street April 29 named in honor...
  • April 29, 2022

‘Embracing vulnerability,’ sisters hope to draw strength, help others

Superiors of women's religious orders from around the world will gather in Rome or online to look at...