Teresa Forcades i Vila[a] OSB (born 10 May 1966 in Barcelona) is a Catalan physician, Benedictine nun and social activist.

Forcades i Vila is known for her controversial views on the church, public health and Catalan independence, and for her vaccine skepticism.

[1] In September 1997, she entered the monastery, where she follows the Benedictine pattern of life, while still working in the fields of religious study, theology and medicine.

[3] In 2015, as another major vote for Catalan independence approached, Forcades received permission from her superior and the Holy See to set aside her habit and don secular attire, entering the political arena to lead the leftist Procés Constituent movement.

[8] The critical stance taken by the article was later defended by the newspaper's public editor Milagros Pérez Oliva [es].