The 12 nuns, living in the Carmelite Monastery, opened their doors for the public for the first time in 10 years Sunday and introduced many to their way of life. The “open house” allowed people a ...

Rainy days are the best days for quiet reflection, and it was on one of those days that I drove to the Chuan Yeng Buddhist Monastery in Carmel, N.Y. The drive took me down scenic Route 301, passing by ...

A basket of bread comes around, and the person next to me removes a chunk, holds it up and says, “Bread of life.” I accept it and do the same for the person on my other side. It’s the first time I’ve ...

WEST SPRINGFIELD — Landmark at Monastery Heights is now Prosper at Monastery Heights after being sold earlier this month to a startup Prosper Life Care for $11.95 million. Prosper — a partnership ...

Vatican City has new tenants: seven nuns from Argentina, who, at the request of Pope Francis, will live in Mater Ecclesiae (“Mother of the Church”), the monastery where Pope Benedict XVI resided for ...

It started when I was assigned a story to write about a religious sister professing her final vows. Within the year, I'd returned to the monastery to work on a writing project demanding more mental ...

A woman believed to be the world's longest-serving nun who spent 86 years living in a monastery has died in Spain aged 105. Sister Teresita Barajuen died last night according to Sister Maria Romero, ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A RENOWNED monastery in Rome where it's been revealed monks staged concerts featuring a lap-dancer-turned-nun and opened a hotel with a ...

Down a mossy tree lined driveway in rural Hawke's Bay, the six monks of the Kopua Monastery start their day at 4am with ...