A late Irish nun is on the path to sainthood after a recent special ceremony in Madrid, Spain. Sister Clare Crockett, a native of Co Derry-considered by many an underrated Irish city - died in Ecuador ...

Sister Marionette Coll celebrated her birthday on Monday, surrounded by friends at Our Lady of Peace Residence in Scranton.

TUAM, Ireland — Anna Corrigan thought she was an only child. It wasn't until she was in her 50s, researching her family tree, that she discovered a family secret: Corrigan found documents showing her ...

A “formidable” nun who served as Matron of the Mater Hospital in Belfast during the Troubles has celebrated her 100 th ...

I’ve come up the winding road to Globe to record the life stories of the last of the Irish nuns in the Tucson Diocese, and she’s nervous and a little puzzled by my interest. She calls good-naturedly ...

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For decades, Irish nuns ran homes for unwed mothers. Beneath one of them, a ghastly discovery: 796 babies buried in a septic tank. Forensics experts are now unearthing Ireland's past.

(CNN) — John Portmann, a professor of religious studies at the University of Virginia, was born as Thomas James Delehanty – a fact he didn’t know until a few years ago. He also didn’t know his ...