The yearlong dispute between a cloistered order of Carmelites and their local bishop — a saga that has included a lawsuit, allegations of adultery and drug use, recordings of the superior's ...

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 ...

The Iberian Province of the Discalced Carmelites is preparing to celebrate the jubilee year of St. John of the Cross during ...

Ursula G. Harter, a lay member of the Carmelites who was active in St. Margaret Catholic Church, died Tuesday in her Buffalo home after a lengthy illness. She was 73. A native of Berlin, Germany, the ...

In direct defiance of a Vatican decree, a Texas monastery of cloistered nuns is asking a judge to grant a restraining order against the parties the Vatican has tasked with overseeing the monastery — ...

A community of Carmelite nuns in Arlington, Texas, has filed for a temporary restraining order against Vatican-imposed leadership, underscoring their rejection of a Vatican decision to place its ...

After a Catholic leader dismissed seven south Arlington nuns from their order, a foundation in support of the sisters is exploring potential legal action. Six months ago, the Vatican named Mother ...