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 — ...

Carmelite nuns from an Arlington, Texas, monastery are calling for Bishop of Fort Worth Michael Olson to apologize publicly, and in person, for what they described as the unlawful dismissal of their ...

In the latest episode, the Arlington Carmelite nuns on Monday filed a lawsuit in Tarrant County District Court asking the judge for a temporary restraining order against the Fort Worth Diocese, its ...

(RNS) — Though returned to the Carmelite order, the former prioress of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington, Texas, will not return to leadership of the monastery. (RNS) — The Vatican ...

Bishop Michael Olson of the Diocese of Fort Worth, Texas, announced on Monday that the Vatican had issued a decree of suppression to forcibly close the Carmelite Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in ...

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 ...

Sister Teresa Agnes Gerlach of Jesus Crucified, former prioress of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington, Texas, and Bishop Michael F. Olson of Fort Worth, Texas, are pictured in an ...

After more than a year of legal and religious disputes between Fort Worth Catholic Bishop Michael Olson and the Discalced Carmelite Nuns in Arlington, the sisters have transferred ownership of the ...