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OMG You Were a Nun and You're Black?

Deborah Plummer | Posted 01.06.2012

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I spent over four years researching friendship patterns of people from all ages in order to write Racing Across the Lines: Changing Race Relations th...

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Astoria Characters: The Church Lady

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 01.08.2012

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Eileen Cuhaj, a plain, serious soul with a wisp of white hair and wire-rim spectacles that make her brown eyes sparkle, was raised a good Catholic girl. All these years, she has called upon her faith to sustain her.

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Out Of Africa: Former Nun And CIA Agent Martha Leiker Discusses Her Life's Journey

Posted 05.25.2011

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Africa has always been the most alluring place in the world to Martha E. Leiker, a place she dreamed about constantly. In her memoir, From Silence to ...

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BAD HABIT: Nun's Rape Lie Angers Black Community

Posted 05.25.2011

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A Brooklyn nun has found herself in some hot holy water. Sister Mary Turcotte, whom The Daily News describes as "a member of the rogue Christian sect...

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Astoria Characters: The Model Mother

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 05.25.2011

Rose Marie is a stoic woman, a no-nonsense product of the Great Depression and World War II. Yet as she talks about children, she can't stifle the slight smile that plays across her face.

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Brazil Trial In US Nun Killing Delayed

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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BELEM, Brazil — A Brazilian court has delayed the trial of a rancher accused of ordering the murder of U.S. nun and Amazon defender Dorothy Stan...

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Weekly Pulse: Nun Excommunicated for Approving Lifesaving Abortion

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger A nun in Phoenix, Arizona was excommunicated for approving a lifesaving abortion. Sister Margaret McBr...

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Man Says He Was Abused By Nun

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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A man says he was abused by a nun while a child - the first such accusation amid widening allegations of sexual misdeeds leveled against Austria's Roman Catholic church.

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Jason Wojdyla And His Father Save Nun From Oncoming Train (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Jason and John Wojdyla were doing air-conditioning work on a building overlooking the train tracks in suburban Lemont. They noticed a car trapped on t...

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Sister Helen Prejean, of Dead Man Walking fame, on a Kinder Christianity (Video)

Waylon Lewis | Posted 11.17.2011

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The nun behind Dead Man Walking, the best-selling book and movie offers a Christianity that's about mercy, compassion, forgiveness, humor. "It's all about waking up," Sister Helen says.

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Exotic Dancer Turned Nun To Perform For Catholic Senior Clergy

Huffington Post | Jessica Gusman | Posted 05.25.2011

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An Italian exotic dancer has left behind the string bikinis and become a nun, reports Times Online. After leading a life filled with "sex and alcohol,...

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Former Nun Tells Of Sex, Suffering Inside Indian Convent

The Independent | Andrew Buncombe in Delhi | Posted 05.25.2011

A former nun's tell-all story which details illicit relationships, sexual harassment and bullying in the convent where she spent three decades is caus...

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Nun "Attacked And Gang-Raped" By 40 Men In Anti-Christian Attacks In India

Daily Mail | Posted 05.25.2011

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A nun who was allegedly raped by more than 40 men during an outbreak of anti-Christian violence in India has accused local police of shielding her att...

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