Sister Madonna Buder was the only person to get a standing ... she's been featured in numerous articles, highlighted in the book "If Nuns Ruled the World: Ten Sisters On A Mission," and most ...

I connected with Buder while I was working on a book about epically cool religious sisters. We talked over the phone and over email for more than a year as I learned her inspiring story.

Catholic nuns have a rep for being tough, but none are steelier than Sister Madonna Buder (a.k.a. the "Iron Nun"). The 86-year-old star of Nike's recent "Unlimited Youth" ad campaign has done over ...