The Catholic sisters are trying to raise funds after they were told to vacate their convent. Prior to that they had joined a ...

A trio of ex-communicated Poor Clares plan to open Spain’s first “cloistered” restaurant, funded by the sale of gold ingots.

life inside the convent is a “paradise,” pointing out that she would always describe contemplative life as “spiritual finesse.” “When you are dealing with cloistered life, always ...

The grocery stores are brimming with cards heralding the arrival of Valentine’s Day. Many cards speak of romantic love, but ...

According to the newspaper Mosaico CSI, the dictatorship’s order was carried out on the night of Jan. 28, forcing some 30 cloistered ... the sisters (in the Monastery of the Franciscan Poor ...

She joined the Hartford Courant to work as a general assignment reporter covering breaking news, investigative stories and features.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with author Charlotte Wood about Stone Yard Devotional, in which the narrator retreats to a convent to escape the demands of every day life. Soon, disruptions arrive.

Hannah, Phoebe and Orlaith, who’ve met up in a house for “prinks” before heading out for the evening, are among the many people we encounter in the first episode of Oíche i gCorcaigh (TG4, Wed, Feb 5, ...

Think of all the daily offices where monks hear liturgies and pray for people they’ve never met, perhaps lumping people into categories — car mechanics, out-of-work gardeners, law students who flunked ...