Gen Z women are opting for a peaceful summer — with nuns this year. Summer is usually a time when singles look to book shared ...

“Convents have been the space where women have been able to pursue intellectual interests, diplomatic ambitions, and ...

Hollywood icon Mel Gibson is reportedly in Greece for a spiritual retreat before filming begins for "The Resurrection of ...

A former Catholic monastery that has been a Camden landmark since the early 1900s is being demolished to make way for parking lots for a nearby hospital. The historic stone structure, known as the ...

After 25 years behind the screen of the Monastery of the Poor Clares in Alexandria, Sister Mary Charitas of the Child Jesus ...

She oversees the cloistered Roman Catholic monastery, home to eight sisters who all dress in the traditional flowing, floor-length black habits.

Rare heraldic tiles were recently discovered under wooden floors at former Basilian monastery in Chełm, Poland, offering a ...

How U.S. Catholics could model the LDS missionary program as a way to involve more Catholic young people in service and save dwindling monasteries.

Over the years, the Monastery of the Holy Savior has undergone restorations and expansions to preserve its role as a living ...

The Monastery of Gedono receives many guests, both Catholic and Muslim. The sisters have a guesthouse for priests, religious, and laypeople who come for a few days or a week of solitude and prayer.

Sounds like girls just wanna have… a simple life of food, shelter, and companionship among women. Fair enough. Why oppress the rest of the world as a rent-paying simp of the West when you can escape ...

These are the monks at Holy Transfiguration Skete, a Byzantine Catholic monastery set at the edge of the Keweenaw Peninsula. Their backyard is Lake Superior, a few steps from their porch.