MANILA, Philippines — They wore habits before the tiara. Meet the warrior monks, reformers, and thinkers from Catholic orders who left an indelible mark on Church history. From battlefield champions ...

Several Catholic orders, ranging from the Carmelite nuns to the Capuchin friars, practice the rule of silence. None has observed it as strictly as the Trappist monks who, since their founding in 1098, ...

WASHINGTON — Cardinal Robert Prevost, the first U.S. pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church, previously led a Catholic religious order. The Order of St. Augustine has a presence in ...