The nuns who operate the Vatican’s switchboard are fielding a growing number of calls with questions as the pope remains ...

In 1995, six Orthodox monks left Mount Athos in Greece and came to the US to start Saint Anthony Orthodox Monastery in the Arizona desert.

This mystical site, which sits along one of Europe's most beautiful stretches of coastline, is one of the continent's last ...

Just as the pandemic began to ease, Therese, at 96, passed away. But not before celebrating 38 joyful birthdays within the ...

The fact that Jesus’ temptation took place in the wilderness would have evoked powerful if complex associations for any 1st ...

Hindu monastics Brahmacharini Durga and Sudarshan Sundar discussed their personal paths into Hindu monasticism at a Harvard ...

Saint Eudokia of Heliopolis, a Samaritan woman from Baalbek, Lebanon, lived a life of sin and extravagance during the reign of Trajan (98-117 AD). One night, she overheard a monk, Germanus, reading ...

A graduate of IIT Mumbai, he found solace in monasticism after being deeply affected by his parents' conflicts during childhood. His presence at Mahakumbh in Prayagraj has sparked discussions ...