The 22 solitary monks of the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers are expressing gratitude for a service that helps them ...

BERRYVILLE, VA – A tiny community of cloistered monks in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley had two big problems: one theological and the other ecological. First, the order of Trappist monks had dwindled to ...

Vandalized tombstone at the cemetery at the Salesian Monastery at Beit Jamal west of Jerusalem. (Credit: Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem.) JERUSALEM — Holy Land church leaders expressed concern in the ...

In a world of fast food and big businesses, monks and nuns are quietly praying and working. They work to support themselves — and because manual labor is edifying to the soul. St. Benedict said, “To ...

CANON CITY, Colo. -- One by one, the monks enter the chapel through a stained-glass door. The church bells ring out, signaling the start of midday prayer. At one time, more than 90 monks crowded the ...

JERUSALEM Israeli police rushed into one of Christianitys holiest churches Sunday and arrested two clergyman after an argument between monks erupted into a brawl next to the site of Jesus tomb. The ...

Franciscan monks in charge of churches in the Holy Land are struggling to keep pilgrimage sites open for Christians stuck amid the ongoing conflict. The Custody of the Holy Land, the Catholic priory ...

Will Keller has been selling products made by nuns and monks for 10 years through his Cleveland mail-order company, Monastery Greetings. Among the religious communities Keller’s company represents are ...

SEOUL -- Six leaders from South Korea's biggest Buddhist order have quit after secret video footage showed some supposedly serene monks raising hell, playing high-stakes poker, drinking and smoking.

Israeli police rushed into one of Christianity's holiest churches Sunday and arrested two clergyman after an argument between monks erupted into a brawl next to the site of Jesus' tomb. The clash ...