As a musician, Sister Catherine Marie Schuhmann likens the expressions of the female Passionist vocation to "a symphony orchestra -- all these different instruments, all contributing to the one, ...

An unexpected flower set into the mountain: this is how I like to describe the Valadier Temple, a marvel for which the label ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — Foreign religious workers will no longer have to spend a year outside of the U.S. before being eligible for readmission under revised immigration rules, the Trump ...

The Villa de Chantal served as a Catholic boarding and day school from 1901 to 1978. It was the vision of an order of cloistered nuns known as the Sisters of the Visitation who came to Rock Island ...

I used to be Catholic, but I’m not anymore. Can you pray for me? These are not the sorts of things the average person hears from complete strangers, but for Catholic religious women wearing habits, it ...

The buildings were used for a variety of purposes, from mealtimes to “industrial activities” that kept the site running.

BOLOGNA, Italy — This city of red-brick towers and delicately painted porticoes once boasted the most convents of any city in Italy: Nearly 100 sanctuaries sprang up in the 16th century for women ...

Nun convicted of abuse at child home denies wrongdoing in newly released police interview - ...