Nun Maria de Jesus Frayle, 24, holds a tray with fried Christmas figures at the Mothers Perpetual Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament convent in Mexico City, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. It's the fortnight ...

When the nuns of Maredret Abbey in Belgium were struggling to scrape together the funds for badly needed renovation works, they turned to an occupation that for hundreds of years had been the preserve ...

Below is the text of Pope Francis’ weekly Wednesday audience, delivered on April 26, 2023. To receive these remarks and more in your inbox every week, sign up for America’s daily newsletter. Dear ...

For years, a group of women with clean-shaven heads wearing traditional Tibetan monastic red robes has been running a 240-acre abbey tucked in the woods just outside of Newport. But it was never ...

Born of Buddhist parents and raised in a Buddhist environment, I grew up as a typical Myanmar Buddhist girl. Under the care of my grandmother, it was hammered into my brain that we should worship and ...

Gladstone Gallery is pleased to present nuns and monks at the sea, an exhibition of new works by Ugo Rondinone. The show brings together a selection of painted sculptures from his ongoing body of work ...

MEXICO CITYMEXICO CITY — It’s the fortnight before Christmas and all through the world’s Catholic convents, nuns and monks are extra busy preparing the traditional delicacies they sell to a loyal fan ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MEXICO CITY (AP) — It’s the fortnight before ...