The Holy See's Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life has informed the Archdiocese of Malta that it has suppressed St Peter's Monastery in Mdina and assigned Dom ...

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

A siren screamed down 31st Street as six men faced one another in a dim church and began to chant. They chanted standing up. They chanted bent over. Above a thumping bass from a passing car, they ...

Thousands of supporters, including political leaders and clergy from many faiths, joined the monks of the Huong Dao Vipassana Bhavana Center in Washington D.C. to call for an end to global conflicts ...

Whoever here (in this dispensation) lives a holy life, transcending both merit and demerit, and walks with understanding in ...

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. (AP) — An alleged Islamic extremist is the first person to ever be charged with war crimes for destroying religious and cultural monuments. Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi is accused of ...

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 ...

Two ascetic figures of the Church are being canonized by decision of the Ecumenical Patriarchate – Hieromonk Tychon was the spiritual father of Saint Paisios ...

JERUSALEM (AP) - November 9, 2008 The clash between Armenian and Greek Orthodox monks broke out in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, revered as the site of Jesus' crucifixion, burial and resurrection.

After working in divinity school bookstores for 15 years, Will Keller found his calling as the owner of a mail-order business. One might call it a niche market - selling foods, books, religious ...