They never, or almost never leave, the convent where they live totally devoted to God, but one lively group of cloistered nuns is participating for the first time in World Youth Day 2023. Four ...

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 ...

Many monks and nuns are almost as tethered to their smart devices as the rest of us.

Sister Assunta rejoiced over the anomaly of a single egg laid in the heat of the afternoon. “Look! It’s a miracle! One straggler just for you!” The 33-year-old North Face cap and rubber-boot wearing ...

Global religion reporter Giovanna Dell’Orto and Athens, Greece, photographer Petros Giannakouris gained unprecedented access to a convent housing 13 cloistered Catholic nuns on the trendy Greek island ...

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 ...

The Catholic Association of Propagandists hosted a conference Nov. 15 titled “What’s the use of a cloistered nun in the 21st century?” According to its statutes, the Spanish group is “a private ...

FILE - Women gather round the San Bernardo Convent in support of the convent’s cloistered nuns who accused the Archbishop of Salta Mario Antonio Cargnello and other church officials of gender-based ...

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Ariz. (KGUN) — Perched on a hill in Sonoita, Ariz. is the Santa Rita Abbey. It over looks the trees and the mountains as silence envelops the entire area. The chirping birds and the ...

Add the Carmelite nuns to the list of Buffalo transplants in Florida. The 14 nuns who had lived a sequestered life in North Buffalo packed up their meager belongings last week and boarded a bus ...

The superior of the community in San Francisco also addressed parents and promised that they will not regret letting their children choose a life dedicated to the Lord. From left to right: Sister Mary ...