SAN FRANCISCO (RNS) — Hosted by a global order of drag nuns, the Easter event draws thousands to what some call sacrilege but its participants say is liberating, joyful, even sacred. SAN ...

a self-professed “order of queer and trans nuns,” is sparking controversy in the days leading up to their annual transgender Easter event. This year’s event, which is being called “No ...

Last Thursday, as he had done many times previously and as he used to do in his native Argentina before becoming Pope, he ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Thousands of people began filing through St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their final respects to Pope Francis ...

The death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday has sparked widespread attention to the Vatican’s processes, especially regarding the papal election.

The nuns told the kids about a rabbit that hopped ... right mind would have anything to do with chicken eggs, even at Easter. Plus, every Vietnamese kid knows chickens don’t lay pink and purple ...

Elsewhere, in Kenya's capital Nairobi, members of the Legio Maria Church gathered at Africa Church Mission to mark Easter Sunday. Stunning photos showed nuns draped in their white robes while ...

A dramatic row over wine-making in a secluded Italian abbey has left a top nun feeling blue. Mother Superior Aline Pereira ...