But not all of the nuns are thrilled that their handiwork might be worn off the altar. “We don’t want to dress mannequins. We want the cloth to be used in church,” said Mother Mira, who runs ...

Nuns have been pictured suggestively eating ice cream on the front of greetings cards, or painted accepting communion with a tongue piercing.A particularly popular photo taken in 1965 — widely ...

TIGANESTI, Romania From the sanctity of a 19th-century convent, Romanian nuns weave vivid, Byzantine cloth for Orthodox priests. Now word of the sumptuous silk has reached fashion designers &#151 ...