It is no accident that the patron saint of foreign missionaries is a cloistered nun, Pope Francis said Wednesday. Speaking in St. Peter’s Square on April 26, the pope pointed to the example of St.

Andrew Jotischky’s new book is a history of monastic life from early Christianity - Alamy In seventh-century Emesa, Syria, a man walked through town tugging a dead dog on the end of a rope. He ...

MEXICO CITY — It’s the fortnight before Christmas and all through the world’s Catholic convents, nuns and monks are extra busy preparing the traditional delicacies they sell to a loyal fan base even ...

YANGON, Myanmar -- About 20,000 protesters led by Buddhist monks and nuns on Sunday mounted the largest anti-government protest in Myanmar since a failed 1988 democratic uprising, shouting support for ...

Come October, monks and nuns are busy harvesting olives at the Mount of Olives and the Gethsemane garden — where, according to the Gospel, Jesus spent the last night before being taken up the other ...

CAMBRIDGE, N.Y. – Amid quiet lives of prayer, a handful of nuns have sliced out a niche as bakers of high-end cheesecakes, so rich and creamy in flavors of chocolate, amaretto and key lime that they ...

Pope Francis said this love can be seen in the lives of contemplative monks and nuns who work and pray in silence for the whole Church. Pope Francis at his general audience in St Peter’s Square on ...

Nun Maria de Jesus Frayle, 24, holds a tray with fried Christmas figures at the Mothers Perpetual Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament convent in Mexico City, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. It's the fortnight ...

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