Just four nuns, all in their 80s, had been living in St. Clare's Monastery, as the nearly 2-acre property is formally known. It stands behind a brick wall and encompasses the entire block bounded ...

There are four of them now, but the Poor Clares who have prayed up a storm behind the 10-foot brick walls of their sprawling ...

In this regard, the abbess also lamented the closure of other monasteries such as that of the Holy Trinity in Valencia (founded in 1242), the Monastery of St. Clare la Real in Toledo (founded in ...

Sixteen Spanish nuns have announced they are breaking from the Catholic Church and instead placing themselves under the ...

The third grade students at St. Louis School in Alexandria agreed to participate in King Arthur Baking Company’s “Bake for ...

The end of an era...The nuns from the Sisters of St Clare Order in Kerry are to depart Kenmare after more than 160 years. In a special ceremony at Holy Cross Church Kenmare, Co Kerry on Sunday ...