The Carmelite nun sat on the opposite side of a table with her friend. A cloistered nun is a woman who has taken religious vows and lives a life of seclusion, typically within a monastery or convent.

When I began this project, I thought of nuns as always dour and serious. But they love to laugh and be festive too. Here, Mother Maria del Carmen (at left) and Sister Virginia stand by a dessert ...

Last year 115 women entered convents to become nuns. During the same period, 87 women left, 25 of them had taken their final vows. For many of the people involved, leaving a community or order can ...

As Christmas approaches, all through the world’s Catholic convents, nuns and monks are ... one of the 10 cloistered nuns of the Perpetual Adorers of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Mexico City.

The cloistered nuns from the Convent of the Little Sisters of the Friendless are the only witnesses who can back up the murder suspect’s alibi. But they cannot leave their convent to come to ...