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The plot of the African Archbishop's soap opera, which could be dubbed "As Milingo turns," has been twisting for years. Attentive viewers may remember that Milingo, who'd built a loyal international following for his passionate sermons and purported faith-healing prowess, shocked the Catholic Church in 2001 by...
If she does become a nun, Johnson would not be the first member of her family to devote her life to God. Her mother's brother, Daniel Deutsch, is a priest at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Batavia, Ill. At Sunday's mass, he spoke about Johnson's...
When Sister Sarah Roy steps outside, she knows that strangers will treat her differently. Her black veil and conservative dark jumper stand out against the hip hugger jeans and North Face jackets that are the norm on campus at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. "I'm walking down...
Growing up in suburban Illinois, Roy never intended to become a nun. Marriage was the plan even when she got involved at the Newman Center, the Catholic student center in college. But that changed in 2002 when she was earning her masters degree in social work at the University of...
Historically, the decision to become a nun was a relatively simple one to make. "If a woman felt that she wanted to be a nun, she would just go to her parish priest and see what he thought," says Sister Sarah Roy, 29, a campus minister at the University of...