French prosecutors announced Tuesday that no criminal investigation could be opened into a raft of sexual abuse accusations ...

Greek monks were trying to build monasteries in places that were hidden or difficult to access in order to protect them from ...

This 96-year-old former monk Justo Gallego Martinez spent over 60 years constructing a mammoth cathedral using recycled ...

Two years after a devastating fire, a historic church in Kansas is rebuilt and rededicated, as the faithful rally to cover ...

COMMENTARY: Liturgical vestments like copes, chasubles and dalmatics are part of the beauty of the liturgy, alongside church ...

JAIPUR – Over 1200 Buddhist monks from 17 countries, including India, have gathered in Ratnagiri in Jaipur for the first Guru Padmasambhava Chanting Program, which began on January 13 and will ...

Mount Melleray Abbey, a Cistercian monastery in the foothills of the Knockmealdown mountains, now houses only six monks and ...

Now known as Masani Gorakh or Raghav, Singh has dedicated his life to Lord Shiva and taken up the life of a monk. His story of leaving behind material success for spiritual fulfillment has struck ...

PHNOM PENH: Established in 2008, Wat Slaket Primary School has a primary focus on religious education and currently accommodates over 160 novice monks. Located in the Battambang provincial capital ...

Monks and nuns in these temples, like other residents, received care and rescue efforts amid the merciless natural disaster. During a recent visit to the earthquake-stricken area in Dingri county ...

There was a time when I could meditate for over an hour in the right conditions, but I never came close to the kind of inner peace and quiet that some, like Buddhist monks, can achieve.