Complex sentence: In Catholicism, women may serve as nuns or religious sisters, rather than as priestesses and women constitute the majority of members of the consecrated life within the Catholic Church: in 2010, there were around 721,935 professed religious women.
Split into simpler sentences: In Catholicism, women may serve as nuns or religious sisters. Women constitute the majority of members of the consecrated life within the Catholic Church: in 2010, there were around 721,935 professed religious women.