When Pope Leo XIV was elected last year and it emerged that he was a tennis player, his love of the sport was quickly ...

Pope Leo XIV has taken a step toward overhauling the Vatican’s communications by naming Maria Montserrat Alvarado as the new ...

The praying of the rosary for peace at Marian shrines throughout the world unfolded as Russia's brutal full-scale invasion of ...

Gabi, the newest monk at a temple in Seoul that is looking to spread Buddhism, vowed to not overcharge as it seeks enlightenment. By Remy Tumin and John Yoon John Yoon reported from Seoul. Gabi led a ...

Watch as a humanoid robot professes that it will “devote himself” as it becomes a buddhist monk. Gabi, a 4.3 feet robot monk, wore brown robes as it participated in an ordination ceremony at a temple ...

Twenty-two Buddhist monks were arrested at Sri Lanka’s international airport on Saturday for allegedly smuggling a record-breaking 242 pounds of marijuana — estimated to be worth $3.4 million — inside ...

(OSV News) — Catholics across the Middle East are reeling with shock and sorrow, and responding with prayer, amid joint strikes Israeli and U.S. forces launched on Iran Feb. 28, plunging the region ...

Catholics across the Middle East are reeling with shock and sorrow, and responding with prayer, amid joint strikes Israeli and U.S. forces launched on Iran Feb. 28. U.S. President Donald Trump ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Hundreds of Buddhist monks rallied in the capital of Sri Lanka on Friday to protest alleged ...

MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (WIS) - At Mepkin Abbey, a driveway lined with live oaks invites visitors into a sanctuary of silence where Catholic monks have devoted their lives to prayer and the search for God ...

Have you heard about the walking monks? The 19 Buddhist monks from Theravada Buddhist monasteries around the globe who left the Hương Đạo Vipassana Bhavana Center in Fort Worth, Texas, on foot on Oct.

Returning from a 2,300-mile trek from Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C., the Buddhist monks who recently completed a Walk for Peace needed to stop and fuel up. The monks and their loyal dog Aloka ...