When researchers plotted all 678 nuns’ annual test results on a graph of age versus cognitive ability, most of their scores fell as their brains became less sharp with age. But one dot stood out ...

at a time when the average age of an American nun is 80. Just this year the pope urged orders to pray harder for more priests and nuns as he acknowledged the number of men and women entering ...

As Christmas approaches, all through the world’s Catholic convents, nuns and monks are extra busy preparing the traditional delicacies they sell to a loyal fan base even in rapidly secularising ...