Women attending the Encounter Christ Retreat for Young Women hosted by the Dominican Sisters of Saint Cecilia pray during Night Prayer in the chapel at the Greyfriars Convent, in Elgin, Scotland, Britain, March 21, 2025. In Scotland, the number of religious sisters has declined to about 300 in 2021 from over 1,200 in 1980, according to the Catholic Directory and Catholic Record Society. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay SEARCH “MCKAY SCOTLAND NUNS” FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH “WIDER IMAGE” FOR ALL STORIES.