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Cloistered nuns sacrifice worldly pleasures for austerity and self-denial. May 11, 2007— -- Tonight in the darkness, an ancient ritual will begin, as it has every night for almost a thousand ...

Mother Oda shared how their cloistered, contemplative life is 'rooted deeply in the liturgy.' A sister of the Norbertine Canonesses of Bethlehem Priory of St. Joseph walks with some of the priory’s ...

LIMA (Reuters) - Pope Francis brought down the house, or more precisely the church, on Sunday when he addressed cloistered nuns who were given special permission to leave their convents to see him. At ...

The Carmelite nuns in Arlington at the center of months of controversy with the Diocese of Fort Worth and the Vatican have been dismissed from religious life, according to a statement on the diocese ...

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 ...

During Angela's first semester at her art college, she partied hard--and art schools party harder than do most college students. But after a few months, that felt empty to her, and almost like a light ...

If you know, you know. Tucked away in Madrid is a centuries-old culinary secret: cookies baked by cloistered nuns. Their recipes are more than food — they’re history you can taste. To find them, you ...