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Bishop Michael Olson of the Diocese of Fort Worth, Texas, announced on Monday that the Vatican had issued a decree of suppression to forcibly close the Carmelite Monastery of the Most Holy ...

“They are neither nuns nor Carmelites despite their continued and public self-identification to the contrary,” Olson said in a Dec. 2 statement. The decree, signed by Brazilian Cardinal João ...

The Holy See declared the Texas monastery "extinct" in a decree Nov. 28, 2024, a month after its residents were dismissed from the Carmelite order and religious life over "their notorious ...