The unlikely collaboration of two academics, “Convent Wisdom” provides unholy guidance by intertwining religious history with ...

Even as a young adult, Shannen Dee Williams – who grew up Black and Catholic in Memphis, Tennessee – knew of only one Black nun, and a fake one at that: Sister Mary Clarence, as played by Whoopi ...

Using her forefinger, Sister Juli Caron traces a circle over Dean Carpenter's head. "I want to get my halo shining like yours," she says, standing at his bedside in MeritCare's oncology unit.