In the quiet hills near Salzburg, Austria, three elderly nuns have become unlikely worldwide celebrities — and adversaries of their own church. Sisters Bernadette, Regina, and Rita, all in their ...

And now we turn from New York to Austria for Part 2 of our report on three octogenarian nuns. They recently broke into their former convent after running away from a nursing home. In yesterday's ...

More than two years after a scandal erupted between a group of secluded Arlington nuns and a Catholic bishop, the Vatican will allow the Fort Worth diocese to establish a new order of nuns. In a ...

NPR has been following the story of three octogenarian Austrian nuns who broke out of a nursing home and back into their old convent. Now, they're hoping for a deal with the Vatican so they can stay.

Kimberly LaRonge of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and other LCO members show their support for two Catholic nuns who have taught at a school on tribal land for more than 50 ...

"I was always homesick at the care home. I am so happy and thankful to be back," Sister Rita said Austrian nuns Sister Rita, Sister Bernadette and Sister Regina broke out of their Catholic retirement ...