The following timeline is based on court documents; news stories; public statements on the website of the Diocese of Fort... Read more
Bishop Michael Olson of the Diocese of Fort Worth announced on Monday that he received a decree of suppression last... Read more
Fort Worth Bishop Michael Olson this week stated that Catholics have “no need” to attend Mass or receive sacraments from... Read more
The dismissal caps a bitter and divisive feud between the Carmelite nuns and Church authorities ranging from Fort Worth Bishop... Read more
The Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) is a traditionalist group that is not in full communion with the Catholic... Read more
After a string of controversies, a group of Carmelite nuns in Arlington, Texas, announced that they are associating with the... Read more
The Holy See has reinstated a Carmelite mother superior nearly a year after the bishop of Fort Worth, Texas, dismissed... Read more
If the District Court of Tarrant County grants the monastery’s request, it would prevent Bishop Michael Olson and others from... Read more
The nuns referred to the Vatican’s order as “a hostile takeover that we cannot in conscience accept.” Read more
A Vatican letter to Bishop Michael Olson thanked him for his “heroic and thankless service to the local church and... Read more
The bishops called on lawmakers to support the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2023. Read more
In a letter to Congress, the bishops said the policy changes currently under consideration could have a devastating impact on... Read more
While these bishops expressed different views about what exactly should be done, all said that the current U.S. immigration system... Read more
Although Bishop Michael Olson has declared the monastery closed to the public, the nuns’ attorney said they’ve “decided to open... Read more
A Carmelite prioress and several other nuns at a Texas monastery may have excommunicated themselves by publishing a statement challenging... Read more
The Carmelite nuns of the Most Holy Trinity Monastery in Arlington, Texas, plan to appeal the judge’s ruling. Read more
The bishop of the Diocese of Fort Worth denied that he abused his authority when investigating a prioress of a... Read more
The new charges by the monastery are in addition to a lawsuit filed on May 3 that seeks $1 million... Read more
Bishop Michael Olson has issued a decree dismissing the reverend mother from the Order of Discalced Carmelites. Read more
A May 31 diocesan statement said the Vatican appointed the bishop as “the pope’s representative in this matter.” Read more