A deal to sell the Poor Clares’ former monastery alongside the Arnold Arboretum in Jamaica Plain and use the proceeds to expand their new home in Westwood has been delayed, for years now, as Boston ...

For the Poor Clare sisters who left their Jamaica Plain monastery three years ago, life has been stuck in neutral while City Hall weighs a controversial redevelopment next to the Arnold Arboretum. The ...

As its community ages, New Melleray Abbey in Dubuque County has decided that it will no longer accept new members, which ...

The tires buzz as the Volkswagen races over the rumble strips, my eyes scanning for radar guns and speed cameras. The relentless Washington suburban sprawl is ever-present, more highways, slap-dash ...

Beams of morning sunlight stream into the church at Tatev Monastery. Joel Carillet / iStock People and clergy participate in a service at Sts. Paul and Peter Church at Tatev Monastery. Joel Carillet / ...

Come March, the Benedictine monastery at 800 N. Country Club Road will no longer house the sisters who have lived there since 1940. But the property is likely to become home for others. The ...

The Holy See's Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life has informed the Archdiocese of Malta that it has suppressed St Peter's Monastery in Mdina and assigned Dom ...

Church buildings in Kyiv Oblast have been damaged as a result of a Russian attack, including the monastery and church dome. Source: Vitalii Kryvytskyi, Bishop of Kyiv-Zhytomyr Diocese of Roman ...

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Friday described monasteries as living centres of culture, learning and compassion, while stressing on collective responsibility to support them. The ...

The Monastery of Paleokastro (or "Old Castle") is an 18th-century nunnery on a verdant hill near the village of Ano Mera. It provides a respite from the bustling environment of Mykonos proper, ...