The pontiff made these remarks during a private audience with a delegation from the Federation of Capuchin Poor Clare Nuns of Italy on Sept. 21. The Capuchin Poor Clares, a branch of the Poor Clares, ...

On May 13, when they announced their departure from the Catholic Church, the Poor Clares of Belorado indicated in a letter and a declaration that they recognize “H.H. Pius XII as the last valid ...

Pope Leo XIV made his first “getaway” from Castel Gandolfo to visit the Monastery of the Immaculate Conception of the Poor Clares of Albano, located within the Papal Villas. After celebrating Mass ...

The Ecclesiastical Court of the Archbishopric of Burgos in Spain has formally accused the Poor Clare nuns of the Monastery of Belorado with schism, launching proceedings that could soon result in the ...

On Aug. 11, the Catholic Church celebrates St. Clare of Assisi, one of the most beloved saints of the Middle Ages. Best known as the founder of the Poor Clares and a close friend of St. Francis of ...

Francesco Grignetti* In a landscape of mountains and hilltop villages in central Italy, between Rieti and L’Aquila, a route ...

CWN Editor's Note: Pope Francis has revealed that he has a “beautiful friendship” with the Poor Clares of Vallegloria in Spello, a small town in Umbria. “Today is the feast of Saint Clare: I address ...

A POOR Clare nun who helped build a new monastery in Belfast was laid to rest in Co Carlow yesterday. Sister Paschal McMeel, from Toomebridge in Co Antrim, lived at the Poor Clare Monastery in north ...