The Vatican has issued a declaration stating that the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity no longer exists in the eyes of the church and that it is “extinct.” The Vatican issued the statement on ...

A 38-year-old man from Alabama arrested and charged with weapons violations and making criminal threats against a Catholic monastery in Orange County reportedly claimed to be Michael the Angel of ...

After a Catholic leader dismissed seven south Arlington nuns from their order, a foundation in support of the sisters is exploring potential legal action. Six months ago, the Vatican named Mother ...

ARLINGTON, Texas — The Vatican said in a statement Monday it considers the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington “extinct” in the eyes of the church. The Vatican’s statement and Nov. 28 ...

A question that may seem absurd at first merits further contemplation: Could missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints help save the Catholic monastic movement in the United ...

As Pope Francis prepares to visit Indonesia, the founding superior of a monastery in Java shares what life is like for Catholics in a majority-Muslim country. When Sister Martha Driscoll and nine ...

In northeast Scotland, six miles southwest of Elgin in Moray, stands Pluscarden Abbey, the northernmost Benedictine abbey in the world. Within its medieval walls, a community of some 15 Catholic monks ...

The author walking at New Camaldoli Hermitage in Big Sur, Calif. (Hiroko Takeuchi) I first began spending time with my friend Therese after she wrote me a letter about an old book of mine I’d written ...

The dismissal caps a bitter and divisive feud between the Carmelite nuns and Church authorities ranging from Fort Worth Bishop Michael Olson to the Vatican itself. The Reverend Mother Superior Teresa ...

Casamari Abbey in Italy is a gem of Cistercian-Gothic art, whose stones have been imbued with the prayers of monks over the centuries. Here, the monks have dedicated their lives to the vows of ...

The Vatican says it no longer recognizes an Arlington monastery at the center of a bitter monthslong feud with the Fort Worth bishop over allegations the head nun violated her vow of chastity with a ...