The Vatican issued the statement on Thursday, Nov. 28, a month after the nuns were dismissed from religious life because they ...
The Vatican says it no longer recognizes an Arlington monastery at the center of a fiery dispute with the Fort Worth bishop.
The following timeline is based on court documents; news stories; public statements on the website of the Diocese of Fort ...
According to a decision made on November 28, the Vatican officially dissolved the Monastery of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns ...
The Vatican says it no longer recognizes an Arlington monastery at the center of a bitter feud with the Fort Worth bishop ...
The Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, known as a group within the Catholic Church ...
The Vatican has ruled that a monastery in Arlington is “extinct,” dissolving it and stripping the women there of their status ...
Bishop Michael Olson of the Diocese of Fort Worth announced on Monday that he received a decree of suppression last week from ...
ARLINGTON, Texas — The Vatican said in a statement Monday it considers the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington “extinct” in the eyes of the church. The Vatican’s statement and ...
The monastery property is owned by the Friends of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns of Arlington Inc. The nuns had transferred the property to the foundation earlier this year so the diocese and the ...
1984: Discalced Carmelite nuns move to a new monastery (Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity) on a 72-acre wooded property in Arlington, Texas. 2013: Bishop Michael Olson becomes bishop of the ...
Olson also wrote that it is important for Catholics to remember that the “women” who live at the Arlington monastery are no longer nuns because they were dismissed from religious life. He stated that ...