In the low hills near the French town of Eveux, 15 miles from Lyon, workmen were busy last week putting the finishing touches to what a Paris paper called one of “the celebrated ruins of the 40th ...

A group of Buddhist monks walking across the South to raise awareness for peace, kindness and compassion will reach Charlotte ...

Nov 28 (Reuters) - Human rights activists accused Communist-run Vietnam of infringing on freedom of religion after a court handed jail sentences this week to five ethnically Khmer Buddhist monks and ...

The Religious Life may be defined as a method of serving God in which men or women consecrate to Him their life and labour under the perpetual vows of Poverty, Chastity and Obedience. . . . From ...

CAMBRIDGE, New York After he and his fellow monks sang morning prayers in their church nestled in a forest, Brother Luke walked back to his residence to be greeted by a different kind of choir. Lucy ...

BANGKOK (AP) — The possible violation of the celibacy rule for monks has rocked Buddhist institutions and gripped public attention in Thailand in recent weeks. BANGKOK (AP) — Police in Thailand ...

AMORGOS, Greece — For more than 50 years, Spyridon Denaxas — or Father Spyridon, as he’s affectionately called — has prayed, worked and welcomed the faithful in a millennium-old monastery carved into ...

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — An Orthodox Christian monk was hospitalized following a violent confrontation at a monastic sanctuary in northern Greece, authorities said Friday. The incident is tied to a ...