ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — A cardinal dispatched by the Vatican to Algeria held an unusual beatification ceremony on Saturday for 19 monks, nuns and other Catholics who were killed during Algeria's civil ...

A Catholic monk in Kentucky has come out publicly as a transgender man and claims to be the first person in his position to do so. Brother Christian Matson, 39, a Catholic hermit in the Diocese of ...

A Chicago-area religious order of monks said this week they are ending their affiliation with a DuPage County Catholic high school, which in recent months hired a woman in a same-sex marriage to coach ...

According to Bishop Bozo, the new foundation promises to be a real blessing for a very de-Christianized rural region, completely devoid of male contemplative communities since the Revolution. Solignac ...

A group of Benedictine monks has cut ties with a Catholic school in a Chicago suburb after it hired a lacrosse coach who is in a same-sex marriage. Abbot Austin G. Murphy, Benet Academy chancellor and ...

A group of Maronite Catholic monks is bringing a taste of their Eastern religious tradition to Castle Rock. The group, formally known as the Maronite Monks of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, is raising $3 ...

Those people probably haven't tried the fruitcakes from Assumption Abbey. It's a community of Catholic priests and monks near the small town of Ava, Missouri, about a three-hour drive, almost dead ...

A group of monks have decided to cut ties with a Catholic high school in Illinois after the school hired a lacrosse coach in a same-sex marriage. The school, Benet Academy in Lisle, Ill., had ...

That means their products are made in the vicinity of a Trappist abbey, under the supervision of monks or nuns, and profits ...

The label of "Trappist" is among the most exclusive designations of beer worldwide, with only 11 breweries around the globe qualifying for the title. But that number is about to become 12, with the ...