More than two years after a scandal erupted between a group of secluded Arlington nuns and a Catholic bishop, the Vatican ...

Pope Leo XIV praised the “silent and hidden love” of cloistered nuns who, he said, are free from the slavery of society’s focus on outward appearances. Focusing on the contemplative dimension of the ...

LIMA (Reuters) - Pope Francis brought down the house, or more precisely the church, on Sunday when he addressed cloistered nuns who were given special permission to leave their convents to see him. At ...

Dominican nuns provide a witness to the value of stillness and quiet contemplation. The Dominican nun reads a book on the grounds of the Monastery of Our Lady of Grace in North Guilford, Connecticut. ...

DENVER (Reuters) - An order of cloistered Roman Catholic nuns won approval from a Denver suburb to build a higher fence to prevent people from entering their property to harass them, the Sisters' ...

BETHLEHEM — On a proscenium pillar that frames the stage of The Gary-The Olivia Theater at the Abbey of Regina Laudis, the word “Godspell” forms an arch over a rose-colored heart. It is a vestige of ...

Sister Mary Albert, O.P., is now Mother Mary Albert, O.P. The nun was elected prioress of the Sisters of the Perpetual Rosary at the Dominican monastery on Lititz Pike on June 28. "We are very pleased ...

The unlikely collaboration of two academics, “Convent Wisdom” provides unholy guidance by intertwining religious history with popular culture. By María Sánchez Díez Reporting from Madrid Ana Garriga ...

In convents across Spain, the tradition of selling sweets is alive and well. Throughout the Mediterranean, a number of monasteries and convents sell sweets to help cover expenses, but the practice is ...