When a nation is confronted with grief and doubt and uncertainty, its culture can sometimes fold inward — to the simple, the comforting, the seemingly pure. And maybe that’s what happened late in 1963 ...

ROME (AP) — A singing nun who has charmed audiences across Italy with romping renditions of Alicia Keys’ “No One” and Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Want To Have Fun” heads into the finals of a TV talent ...

She was dubbed the "singing nun" -- and she actually won the competition. After winning the show, Sister Cristina Scuccia was given a recording contract, but "Good Morning America" seemed to speculate ...

One month before the Beatles would take the Ed Sullivan stage in 1964, the Singing Nun appeared on the program, marking a momentous milestone of a flash-in-the-pan career that would end in a ...

A group of pop-singing nuns will perform before Pope Francis on Wednesday, thanks in part to a viral video that made them an overnight sensation. “Siervas” or “The Servants,” took the Internet by ...

Sister Cristina Scuccia's performance of Alicia Keys hit " No One" earlier this year during the show's blind audition phase has drawn tens of millions of online views. By Georg Szalai Global Business ...

(RNS) From reality TV to Twitter, here's a recap of some of the year’s top headlines about women religious -- and a nod to nostalgia. Sister Cristina Scuccia was back in the news this year, after the ...

First she shocked the world with her gorgeous rendition of Alicia Keys' "No One," then showed up her fellow glitz-and-glamour contestants by going on to win the coveted prize on Italy's version of ...

Sister Cristina won the "Voice of Italy" competition June 5 in Milan, singing Top 40 hits, and was signed to a record deal by Universal. The musical, based on the 1992 movie of the same title, opens ...