A group of nuns in Arlington, Texas, has been formally "dismissed from religious life" and their Carmelite order following a protracted dispute with the Bishop of Fort Worth that reached the Vatican.

Mother Marie of the Incarnation said in the statement published Monday that the nuns are no longer members of the Order of Discalced Carmelites, which they’d belonged to. “I ask for your ...

The monastery was run by Carmelite nuns from an order that had origins in the 12th Century and where the life was particularly spartan, secluded and strict - but she decided that was precisely the ...

In a statement Monday, Mother Marie of the Incarnation wrote the nuns are no longer members of the Order of Discalced Carmelites, to which they belonged. The nuns “have reverted to the lay state ...

In a new chapter of a two-year dispute, the Vatican-appointed leadership of the Fort Worth diocese has dismissed a group of Arlington-based Carmelite nuns from their religious order, effectively ...

A monastery which has been home to an order of nuns for more than a century has been put up for sale with an asking price of ...