For more than three decades, a group of Catholic sisters quietly reshaped what scientists understand about aging, memory loss and Alzheimer’s disease. The Nun Study, a National Institute on Aging ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In their new book Convent Wisdom, academics Ana Garriga and Carmen Urbita introduce us to the sound common sense and surprisingly ...

Austrian nuns Sister Rita, Sister Bernadette and Sister Regina broke out of their Catholic retirement home where they were placed and returned to their old convent The nuns' former students helped ...

SALZBURG, Austria — Morning Mass is underway at the chapel of Schloss Goldenstein, a convent in Elsbethen, an Austrian parish nestled between the church spires of Salzburg and the arresting backdrop ...

When three octogenarian nuns fled their nursing home and broke back into their former convent in Salzburg, Austria, they became overnight stars. Almost every major news outlet covered them. They ...

And now we turn from New York to Austria for Part 2 of our report on three octogenarian nuns. They recently broke into their former convent after running away from a nursing home. In yesterday's ...

From left, Sisters Rita, Regina and Bernadette on Oct. 16. (Noah Hatz / dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images) The hills are alive with the sound of compromise, as three unlikely rebel nuns have been ...

SALZBURG, Austria — Set against snow-capped Alpine peaks, the convent chapel at Schloss Goldenstein is candlelit and set for Advent. In early December, the mood was contemplative, a sharp contrast to ...

"I was always homesick at the care home. I am so happy and thankful to be back," Sister Rita said Austrian nuns Sister Rita, Sister Bernadette and Sister Regina broke out of their Catholic retirement ...