Mount Athos, referred to in Greek as the "Holy Mountain", is one of the most important centers of the Christian Orthodox ...

The number of people in monastic orders in Germany is sinking, with many convents and monasteries facing dissolution. What ...

Bringing together contemplatives to pray in silent community offers not only encouragement to individuals but fosters the ...

Pope Leo XIV has heavy responsibilities ~ not just because the Catholic Church has reached global proportions, but because it ...

An elderly couple who were discovered dead in their home in Glounthane earlier this week, were described as “inseparable” ...

Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni declined to explicitly confirm the authenticity of the documents, which were posted online ...

For the first time in nearly five centuries, Buckland Abbey in Devon will resonate once more with the sacred sounds of monastic music, thanks to ...

It was in the dusty streets and modest homes of this remote Alaska Native village that Olga Michael quietly lived her entire ...

By David Bolling Among the compelling excuses espoused by American policy makers and warmongers for the extraordinary cost in lives, treasure and domestic tranquility invested in the Vietnam War, was ...

The Vatican says leaked documents that seemingly undermined Pope Francis’ stated reason for restricting the old Latin Mass ...

Hidden on the peaceful Aventine Hill in Rome lies one of the city’s most curious and popular attractions: a simple keyhole.

“The new revelations confirms that Pope Francis restricted the Traditional Mass at the request of only a minority of bishops, ...