A cloistered nun is a woman who has taken religious vows and lives a life of seclusion, typically within a monastery or convent. They are found in contemplative religious orders like the ...

Most people would think that life inside the cloister is tough, especially since contemplatives, who committed themselves to ...

When Emma Atkinson told her father that she wanted to be a cloistered Carmelite nun, he thought it was a fleeting desire.

When I began this project, I thought of nuns as always dour and serious. But they love to laugh and be festive too. Here, Mother Maria del Carmen (at left) and Sister Virginia stand by a dessert ...

According to the suit, the Discalced Carmelite Nuns of the Most Holy Trinity is a nonprofit group that owns and operates a cloistered monastery on a 72-acre plot of land in Arlington "where the ...

According to the newspaper Mosaico CSI, the dictatorship’s order was carried out on the night of Jan. 28, forcing some 30 cloistered ... the sisters (in the Monastery of the Franciscan Poor ...

The cloistered nuns from the Convent of the Little Sisters of the Friendless are the only witnesses who can back up the murder suspect’s alibi. But they cannot leave their convent to come to ...

Carmela is a young aristocrat who refuses an arranged marriage and is sent to a convent. Her arrival intensifies the power struggle between the decadent nun Elizabeth, whose influential family ...