A Life Centered on God: Sister Francis Piscatella at 113
The National Catholic Register reports on the 113th birthday of Sister Francis Domenici Piscatella, a Dominican nun from Amityville, New York, recognized by Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest living nun. Born in 1913, she entered religious life at age 17 and has spent 94 years in service as a teacher. The article highlights her personal motto — “My whole mind is on God” — and her remarkable resilience, having lost part of her left arm at age 2 yet never allowing it to impede her vocation. She received a proclamation from “Pope” Leo XIV, the 10th pontiff to reign during her lifetime. While the article presents an edifying personal testimony, it is entirely silent on the catastrophic spiritual context in which this nun has lived out her long life — namely, the systematic destruction of the Faith she professes by the very authorities she continues to recognize.



