The Augustinian nuns of Lecceto are a small community living in a hermitage 10 kilometers (a little more than six miles) from the city of Siena in Italy. The hermitage bears witness to an ancient and ...

Ever since her husband’s death, Maria felt a strong calling to live her faith more radically as a contemplative nun. Sister Maria Zhang made her perpetual vows as an Augustinian Recollect on May 13, ...

An attempt at an amicable solution in the conflict over Goldenstein Monastery in Austria has failed: The three elderly Augustinian nuns have rejected a compromise offer from their religious superior, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. In his first official appointment, Pope Leo ...

In Austria, three nuns, all in their 80s, recently ran away from a nursing home. They broke into their former convent in defiance of church orders, determined to grow old on their own terms. These ...