Texas Carmelites reject oversight of Vatican-appointed federation

A Texas Carmelite monastery continues pushback against Vatican-ordered oversight

Carmelite nuns at a Texas monastery say they will not accept the Vatican’s designation of a U.S. Carmelite federation to oversee them, amid an ongoing dispute with their local bishop.

An April 20 statement from the Arlington Carmel described the entrustment of their monastery to the Carmelite Association of Christ the King as “a hostile takeover that we …