Tasty, crisp and irresistibly indulgent, sfogliatella is an iconic Italian pastry that has been delighting sweet tooths for ...

But a new analysis of tooth enamel has overturned that assumption, revealing the remains to be female — and likely a nun, according to the researchers. The discovery marks the first-ever ...

(photo credit: REUTERS/AMIR COHEN) The world’s first archaeological evidence of extreme asceticism practiced by nuns has been uncovered in Jerusalem, at a burial site identified as a Byzantine ...

Tucked away in the Tehachapi Mountains of California, a group of cloistered nuns is chasing puppies, making artisanal cheeses, and praying the Liturgy of the Hours — all part of reviving a 900 ...

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(photo: Courtesy photo / Norbertine Canonesses) Tucked away in the Tehachapi Mountains of California, a group of cloistered nuns is chasing puppies, making artisanal cheeses, and praying the ...

No one would have suspected that the small, well-tailored woman with blue-rinsed grey hair and smart, blue-framed spectacles was a nun, or, for that matter, that she was an American. Mother Mary ...

The modern building stands in stark contrast to the surrounding maze of corrugated iron structures that make up Mukuru, a slum in Nairobi. Inside, an Irish nun watches over them with gentle eyes that ...

In December 1967, the then-L.A.-based artist made the cover of Newsweek and the banner in the upper right corner read, “The Nun: Going Modern.” Kent is depicted twice on the cover — once in ...

On an otherwise uneventful Wednesday (March 5), three men sat on snowmachines on a raised patch of tundra looking out toward the frozen Kwethluk River. In front of them, dark clouds of smoke rose up ...