The community of former Poor Clares of Belorado left their monastery near Burgos in northern Spain last Thursday, shortly before the enforcement of a court ...

A quiet cloister behind a wooden door near Rome's Pantheon offers calm meditation, while its frescoes reveal a turbulent past ...

There’s a certain kind of magic to Singapore, the kind that doesn’t just build upwards, but inward. This island city-state has a way of reinventing itself witho ...

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 ...

Bishop Michael Olson celebrates the Mass for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception at the new Carmelite convent in Cooke County on Dec. 8, 2025. Juan Guajardo / North Texas Catholic More than two ...

The hills are alive with the sound of compromise, as three unlikely rebel nuns have been offered a chance to remain in their former convent in Austria — as long as they give up their Instagram habit.

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 ...

The unlikely collaboration of two academics, “Convent Wisdom” provides unholy guidance by intertwining religious history with popular culture. By María Sánchez Díez Reporting from Madrid Ana Garriga ...

Pope Leo XIV praised the “silent and hidden love” of cloistered nuns who, he said, are free from the slavery of society’s focus on outward appearances. Focusing on the contemplative dimension of the ...

In convents across Spain, the tradition of selling sweets is alive and well. Throughout the Mediterranean, a number of monasteries and convents sell sweets to help cover expenses, but the practice is ...

HIGHLIGHTS. OF THE PAST MEETS THE PRESENT IN CONVENTS AROUND SPAIN. CLOISTERED NUNS, USUALLY HIDDEN FROM THE OUTSIDE WORLD, CREATING SWEET TREATS FOR CUSTOMERS. LA ELABORACION DE MATTAPAN. LAS MONJAS ...