American nuns have come in for sharp criticism in the past from Vatican officials. But the Catholic Church’s latest report on nuns in the US offered praise instead, a welcome change at a time when American religious orders are growing older and more cash-strapped.
Argentina has ordered ultra-conservative Catholic bishop Richard Williamson to leave the country within ten days. Williamson’s denials of the Holocaust on Swedish TV last month sparked a raging controversy. The World’s Religion Editor Jane Little has this update.