Yet what nuns are most famous for is being stern Catholic school disciplinarians. Catholic nuns have founded orphanages, hospitals, schools and more than 110 colleges and universities throughout the U.S.

John Joyce February 19, 2009 at 7:43 am I hope I do not offend by suggesting that there are many men and women who are neither married, monastic, nor priestly but live a fulfilled single life.

A nun during a quiet moment of prayer. Wherever there has been a need, nuns have risen to the occasion. The nuns wear a distinctive full length red habit, symbolizing the Blood of Christ. So rest assured, the world is not going to end because of too many nuns and not enough procreation. The Vow of Obedience Medieval nuns chose to renounce all worldly life and goods and spend their lives working under the strict routine and discipline of life in a Medieval Convent or Nunnery. In 2015, I began what was to become a long-term project exploring the lives of nuns in the Holy Hearts of Jesus and Mary convent in Rome.

Its an ambomination in the eyes of God. Do you know there really not strict IM NOT A NUN but I am Pentecostal & a Christian & in the bible it is clearly mentioned that women shouldnt wear pants.

Their white veil symbolizes the Eucharistic host.