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 ...
More than two years after a scandal erupted between a group of secluded Arlington nuns and a Catholic bishop, the Vatican ...
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. ...
In Cáceres, Spain, the fairytale city where much of House of Dragons was filmed, a sweet secret lies behind the hidden windows of three convents. Inside, cloistered nuns make cookies and sell them to ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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' ...