Can a nun adopt a child?

Answer 1

A nun can have a child, certainly, however, the question rather should be is a nun allowed to have a child? Nuns take a vow of chastity which means they voluntarily decide to remain celibate during their lives in order to better serve God in the religious life. To willfully have a child after making such a vow to God would be gravely sinful.

Answer 2

No. A nun lives in a religious house with other nuns who serve God by living out their vocation. According to the Catholic Church, a child can only be adopted into a family, where it will receive the nurturing and care of parents whose duty it is to care for the child. Nuns can serve in orphanages, where they serve as surrogate mothers for children until a family receives them.

Answer 3

Of course not, but a surprising amount of them are engaged in apostolates ( spiritual and actual life-works) that directly involve contact with children such as obviously teachers, Nurses, and staff of orphanages and foster homes, day-care centers and so on. it is in a sense surprising that there are relatively few abuse charges involving the sisters, as compared with Priests, who aside from Altar Boys and choir boys- have comparatively few juvenile contacts, and almost zero occupationally! while there are priests in the teaching role (Jesuits , for example) it is usually on the College level where by age standards., Child-abuse and molesting could not occur.

Answer 4

For some reason the Canon laws applying to Religious sisters are somewhat different than those applied to laymen and Priests. It is generally felt that any sex activity on the part of the Male permanently (Contaminated) them and thus a widower could not possibly be admitted to the priesthood. On the other hand, the same degree of contamination would not occur with a woman- Widows have been known to have actually founded-or co-founded religious orders ( in the past) some examples wer Mother Seton of the sisters of Charity ( Elizabeth Bayley Seton)- and in France the best known was Ste. Jeanne Francoise de Chantal- she is generally referred to in the US as Ste Jane rather than Joan ( both are correct, French-wise) to avoid confusion with Joan of Arc. Ste Chantal was a middle-aged war ( some accounts say hunting accident) widow when she took the religious habit. There was even an idea that it may have been expedient if the widow Jacqueline

Answer 5

Monks and nuns make either a vow of Conversatio Morum (if they are Benedictine or Cistercian) or a vow of Chastity: either way, if they are faithful to their vow, then they would never have children. However, it is not unheard of for a previously married individual, after the death of his spouse to enter a monastery, in which case, he or she may have already had children, but certainly none after entering the monastery.

Answer 6

No, they cannot be married and take a vow of chastity

Answer 7

Because a nun has dedicated her life to God and taken vows to remain chaste for the remainder of her life. Her "husband", if you will, is God, she has no earthly children.

Answer 8

No.