The question my students struggle with is, what is an authentic identity of the church today? I believe that the only way the church can be relevant is if it embraces the model of a penitent.

The community of 50 sisters now draws 50% of their convent's electrical power from the sun.

It is frighteningly easy to get nuns all wrong on the screen.

I’ve always wanted to give something to the sisters, and wish I had been able to give “The Bells of St. Mary’s.”

Lest the reader assume that Sister Prejean’s work against the death penalty, is the sum total of her story, she spends the final pages of her afterword calling out the places where she sees continued injustices, particularly in the treatment of women and L.G.B.T. people in the church.

“We implore you to never use language that disrespects, dehumanizes or demonizes others,” delegates at the Leadership Conference of Women Religious annual assembly wrote in a letter to be sent to President Trump.