Seeing a nun without her veil is rare for most of us. However, this doesn’t mean they wear it all the time. Nuns remove their ...

Mr. Weir's Picture of "The Nun Taking the Veil in Rome." Share full article. April 19, 1863. Credit... The New York Times Archives.

The veil and the bouquet that a bride carries may predate the wearing of white. Although there is no definitive reason for the wearing of a veil, many surmise it has to do with ancient Greeks and ...

Wedding day attire has changed in many ways, but one component of getting dressed up for a wedding that has withstood the test of time is the wearing of a wedding veil. Though many brides know it i… ...

When young nuns at a convent in Eastern Europe told their Mother Superior that a priest had tried to molest them, ... Catholic nuns lift veil on abuse in convents. By Philip Pullella. November 29, ...

Laura Husar Garcia has always been fascinated with nuns. While working in Santa Fe, New Mexico, she snapped a photo of them mowing lawns. While living in Mexico and Ecuador, she photographed them ...

Good morning. It's December 5, and today's photo takes us very far from home to a dusty star factory of a galaxy that we need every bit of the James Webb Space Telescope's power to resolve.

Blue flecks of lapis lazuli in the tartar of a 10th-century nun. She likely was an accomplished painter and manuscript illuminator, who used her (unbrushed) teeth to shape her paintbrush.

Hallelujah! They found love while serving the Lord. An English nun who remained celibate for 24 years broke her streak, walking away from her convent — and into the arms of a monk.

Wedding day attire has changed in many ways, but one component of getting dressed up for a wedding that has withstood the test of time is the wearing of a wedding veil. Though many brides know it i… ...