A group of Orthodox monks in upstate New York takes the Christian imperative to care for creation more literally than most ...

William Karon’s father was born Jewish, survived Auschwitz, and converted to Christianity, setting the course of William’s ...

Irishmen, monks and thirsty wayfarers enjoyed the beer. But Protestant neighbors were scandalized: brewing and the worship of God seemed incompatible, confirming their suspicion that rum and ...

He is the first monk to sit in the House of Lords since the reign of Queen Elizabeth (1558-1603). Habitually this Lord Bishop of Truro dresses shabbily, in an old black cassock, a leathern girdle.

Since President Xi Jinping came to power in March 2013, authorities have insisted on adhering to Communist Party values like ...

Today, we think of monks in peaceful meditation, being at one with the world. But that wasn’t always the case. The legendary ...

The history book that will transform your view of early civilisation - IN FOCUS: Forget the Silk Roads, it’s the Golden Road ...

Christian monks (derived from the Greek root monos, or "single") first began forming collective refuges, or monasteries, in the Egyptian desert in the fourth century. The practice spread across ...

October is regarded as the "month of the rosary," a prayer that allows believers to contemplate the life, death and ...

In Commonweal, Merton described the July 1947 train trip west by the pioneer monks (including Brother Boniface). He noted ...

With Dontayvion Wicks on the field, the Packers will have their full array of receivers with him, Jayden Reed, Romeo Doubs ...