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Diocese of Fort Worth

Vatican suppresses Texas Carmel
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Did the Arlington Carmelites sell their own monastery?
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Gonzaga president on board of Arlington nuns’ non-profit
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Arlington Carmelites ‘ignore’ bishop’s offer
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Luke Coppen
Is Vatican’s Arlington Carmel decree a win for due process?
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JD Flynn
Arlington nuns turn away Vatican-appointed superior
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Texas Carmelites reject oversight of Vatican-appointed federation
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Michelle La Rosa
Arlington Carmelites reiterate rejection of bishop’s Vatican-granted authority
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Michelle La Rosa
Texas nuns ‘recognize’ Bishop Olson, reject ‘unauthorized’ authority
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Bishop Olson: Carmelite nuns might be excommunicated
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Carmelites 'no longer recognize' Fort Worth bishop's authority
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Michelle La Rosa
Bishop Olson ‘grateful’ after Texas court dismisses nuns’ lawsuit
Texas court hears tape in Fort Worth diocese vs. nuns case
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Bishop Olson will ‘not be drawn’ into public debate on Carmelite monastery
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Bongs, edibles, and rival police reports — what’s new in the Fort Worth convent case?
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Ed. Condon
Olson dismisses Carmelite superior, restores daily Mass
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Updated: Vatican appoints Olson 'commissary' of Carmelite nuns
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Sex, money, and cloistered nuns? The strange case of Bishop Olson and the Fort Worth Carmelites
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