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• Nuns of fun | No order has had more impact and success than the Little Sisters of Hoboken enshrined in the Nunsense franchise, which has grossed $300 million since its debut in 1984 (The Dallas Morning News)
  
  
• From abroad, but 'they're still like nuns' | Six nuns from overseas—five from India and one from Africa—have been teaching at St. Thomas More for the last five years, the largest number at any parish in the Chicago Roman Catholic Archdiocese (Tom McNamee, Chicago Sun-Times)
  
  
• Roman Catholic Church—A matter of faith | First there was the priest sexual abuse scandal, then controversy over the statue at Washburn. Despite all the recent travails, local Catholics say they remain committed (The Topeka Capital-Journal, Kan.)
  
  

Church life:

• In the spirit of hip | To prepare for Sunday's premiere church service, Nadya Wurm helps smooth a leopard-skin cover over a couch cushion. Her daughter Jenica touches up the women's bathroom with lime-green paint (Tallahassee Democrat, Fla.)
  
  
• Blessed union: Churches to merge | The fate of the two old churches is a reflection of changes across the innermost sections of the city, brought about by the decline of many neighborhood churches, the growth of suburbs, and the rise in Hispanic and Vietnamese families who choose to worship in their own buildings (Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, Tex.)
  
  
• Deal tipped on women bishops | Women bishops are increasingly likely in Australia's Anglican church, Sydney Archbishop Peter Jensen said last week (The Age, Melbourne, Australia)
  
  
• Newsmaker: The Rev. Rus Howard | Washington County pastor seeks top Presbyterian church position (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
  
  
• Church merger could unite a mission | If it were part of the Boston Archdiocese, St. Stephen's would be in a precarious position. But because it is considered a missionary church - the headquarters of the St. James Society - St. Stephen's exists apart from the rest (Monica Collins, Boston Herald)
  
  
• Survey: One in ten Lutheran Church workers question aspects of doctrine | About ten percent of employees of the Finnish Lutheran Church admit that they feel only slightly or not at all committed to the teachings of the church (Helsingin Sanomat, Helsinki, Finland)
  
  
• Maxwell Street fixture fades | Old holy site now a sight to be sold (Chicago Tribune)
  
  
• Misconceptions abound about Orthodox church | I cannot blame the misconceptions and false assumptions entirely on the West; for too long the Eastern Church has been an enclosed enclave of immigrants tightly trying to hold on to their ethnic identities amidst the cultural differences of the Western world (Gregory MacGregor, Daily Press, Hampton Roads, Va.)
  
  

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