In Myanmar, when the military has a hard time conscripting enough residents into their ranks, they turn to monks for help.

Last week we've looked at the prehistory of the territories that would eventually be united in the state of Prussia and the ...

In an ancient monastery behind huge medieval battlements in a hilltop town just south of Rome, 10 monks are striving to keep alive a 1,600-year-old spiritual tradition against increasing odds.

Pluscarden Abbey has always intrigued me. Just 15 minutes from my home in Elgin, it is Britain’s only medieval monastery ...

St. Mary's Abbey, the order of Benedictine Catholic brothers that runs Delbarton school. (Bob Karp / USA Today Network file) ...