A habit worn by St. Pio of Pietrelcina and other rare relics are coming to the U.S., brought by Capuchin friars from the very ...

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The new pope’s homage to Leo XIII invokes Rerum novarum, the Catholic Church’s 1891 encyclical engaging with the social ...

A monk has been hospitalized after an altercation at a monastic community in Greece, linked to a longstanding religious ...

The monasteries of Saint George and Saint Pisentius in Naqada in Qena governorate have been inaugurated following their restoration In the heart of the Egyptian province of Qena lies a hidden gem ...

NEW DELHI – India is set to introduce its first formal curriculum for Buddhist monasteries this month, aiming to streamline religious education and reinforce national consciousness in monastic ...

Tucked away on a wooded hilltop overlooking the Connecticut River sits Gillette Castle, a magnificent stone fortress that ...

The monastery is one of 20 in the autonomous all-male monastic community of Mount Athos, known in Greek as Agion Oros, or Holy Mountain. The peninsula is no stranger to foreigners. Of the 20 ...

Instead of withdrawing from the world in isolated monasteries, members of this order traveled as mendicants to aid the poor as well as serve as missionaries and teachers. Prevost studied theology both ...

The order was established in 1947 in Bethlehem, a small burg in Connecticut's rolling western ... And without adequate fire escapes, the monastery has caught the eye of local inspectors, though ...

The Connecticut man whose stepmother allegedly held him captive in a house of horrors for more than two decades has released his first public statement since he was liberated in February.

Connecticut has one of the lowest violent crime rates in the country, according to World Population Review. But that doesn't mean tragedies don't touch the state. Longtime residents may remember the ...