They abandoned their relationships, jobs, and lives for a total devotion to God and their fellow sisters. What can we learn ...

was first instituted in the late 14th century in commemoration of the approval of the rule of the Carmelite Order a hundred years earlier. According to legend, a religious community was ...

Can you give him my get-well wishes? Can I speak with him directly? The nuns who operate the Vatican’s switchboard are fielding a growing number of calls with questions like that as the pope ...

Nora Breen is actually a nun. Or she was until recently (this is 1950s England). She had been Sr Agnes, a nursing Carmelite nun for 30 years. Until she lost her faith and hankered after a different ...

March 19, 2025 • NPR readers of different belief systems share the poignant rituals that make them feel close to their spirituality. For some, it's poetry and gardening, for others, it's ...