Nuns drop New York like a bad habit and move to sunny Florida: ‘silence and solitude’

Nuns in Buffalo, New York, have announced they have officially left the state for Florida in search of “silence and solitude.” “Prayer-filled greetings from sunny Florida! Thanks to the fervent prayers of many people, we left Buffalo on the morning of January 14th despite a snowstorm and arrived safely in Jacksonville the next day. We […]
Haiti religious leaders demand release of kidnapped nuns

In a strongly worded letter released Monday, the Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince pleads for the release of six nuns kidnapped last week and calls on the Haitian government to crack down on gang violence. In a letter, the archdiocese and the Haitian Conference of the Religious said Haitians were tired of the armed group's “reign of […]
6 nuns kidnapped in gang-dominated Haiti

Six Haitian nuns were kidnapped on Friday as they traveled by bus through the capital, religious leaders said. A statement from the Haitian Assembly of the Religious said the nuns were accompanied by an unspecified number of unidentified people on the bus, who were also abducted. The nuns are said to be from the Sisters […]