Pope Francis has issued a new wide-ranging set of guidelines for how the tens of thousands of Catholic women religious living in contemplative communities around the world should regulate their ...

Pope Francis on Wednesday encouraged people to embrace the contemplative dimension of being human both in prayer and their daily lives. In his general audience address on May 5, the pope said that the ...

Cloistered religious women gathered at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome Nov. 21 for an event marking the 65th edition of Pro Orantibus Day. The conference addressed the overhaul of ...

Sr. Maria Elena Romero compares the work of contemplative life in this historic Synod of Bishops to that of the soldiers who guard for attacks in the rear of a mass of soldiers during battle. "There ...

Dialogue, discernment, and contemplative engagement: These were three values and behaviors that gave shape and texture to the response of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) to the ...

I teach at an all-boys Franciscan high school just outside of Los Angeles. Like many educators, I have been conducting classes online since last spring. My dining room table has become a de facto ...

At first glance, it's easy to picture John Michael Talbot mingling seamlessly among the biblical prophets of old. He sports a near-belly-length beard, long salt-and-pepper locks and a brown robe with ...

“Bless our families, bless our children. Choose from our homes those needed for your work.” I knelt with my family at the Vigil of All Saints and prayed the Archdiocesan Prayer for Vocations of the ...

A guide to some of our favorite handmade gifts to give and receive from religious communities and monasteries.

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Wednesday encouraged people to embrace the contemplative dimension of being human both in prayer and one’s daily life. In his general audience address on May 5, the pope ...