Others said they wanted to avoid marriage. And then there were two sisters who used to play in a rock band—they became nuns to find spiritual meaning. A procession of nuns—permitted to leave ...

Neuroscientist David Snowdon and his team visited convents across the US to find participants for a unique and ambitious research project. Nuns were the perfect population for the research because ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Sisters at the Little Sisters of St Francis Lady Jacoba Convent, a home for elderly nuns ...