National Catholic Reporter

Meet the basketball-loving nuns who are taking the NBA playoffs by storm

The NBA playoffs are not usually the place where one expects to find Catholic nuns turning into social media superstars. But ...
Chicago Reader

Changing habits

When Sister Luna GlitterTits saw a bunch of ladies in drag and nun habits walking through a casino in Florida more than a decade ago, she felt like she had to ask them what they were doing. She had no ...
The Conversation

Nuns are a staple on the Hollywood screen – even as they disappear from real life. What’s behind our timeless obsession?

Nuns are a staple of pop culture. Think of The Sound of Music (1965), Sister Act (1992), The Nun’s Story (1959), The Bells of St Mary’s (1945), Heaven Knows Mr. Allison (1957) and Black Narcissus ...
The Inlander

The Spokane Falls Sisters are the city's newest queer nuns, bringing a chapter of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to Eastern Washington

Imagine a religious habit, complete with a veil, tunic and rosary. Then throw in glitter, drag makeup and false eyelashes, and you've got Spokane's newest queer nuns: the Spokane Falls Sisters, ...