In Corfu’s Old Town was the preeminent center for the island’s Catholic community: the Church and former Monastery of St.

BOLOGNA, Italy — This city of red-brick towers and delicately painted porticoes once boasted the most convents of any city in Italy: Nearly 100 sanctuaries sprang up in the 16th century for women ...

MEXICO CITY — In the nights before Christmas and all through the world’s Catholic convents, nuns and monks are extra busy preparing the traditional delicacies they sell to a loyal fan base even in ...

As a musician, Sister Catherine Marie Schuhmann likens the expressions of the female Passionist vocation to "a symphony orchestra -- all these different instruments, all contributing to the one, ...