Despite all appearances, this man was a monk, “Symeon the Holy Fool”. His hijinks were part of a Byzantine monastic life called salos, which intended – though critics doubted it ...

NEWPORT, Wash. — By some they’ve been fondly called the “nuns from Newport.”For years, a group of women with clean-shaven heads wearing traditional Tibetan monastic red robes have been ...

Nun Maria de Jesus Frayle, 24, holds a tray with fried Christmas figures at the Mothers Perpetual Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament convent in Mexico City, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023.

Most nuns and monks involved in preparing the delicacies are quick to point out that their main mission is to pray, not to cook — and that doing both involves finding a delicate balance.

Hallelujah! They found love while serving the Lord. An English nun who remained celibate for 24 years broke her streak, walking away from her convent — and into the arms of a monk.

Buddhist monks and nuns who live in eastern P.E.I. say they were disappointed to hear some of the concerns expressed at a planning meeting this past week in the community of Three Rivers.

The many monks and nuns who took their vows did so not just for their own souls, but because they had the “power to save themselves and others”.

In seventh-century Emesa, Syria, a man walked through town tugging a dead dog on the end of a rope. He defecated in public, strode about naked with all his clothes piled in a turban on his head and ...

As Christmas approaches, Catholic nuns and monks are busy preparing the traditional delicacies they sell to a loyal fan base even in rapidly secularizing countries.

Most nuns and monks involved in preparing the delicacies are quick to point out that their main mission is to pray, not to cook — and that doing both involves finding a delicate balance.