A former monk earned just $198.33 as a final stipend. She sued for back pay in wages and overtime compensation ...

The buildings were used for a variety of purposes, from mealtimes to “industrial activities” that kept the site running.

In October, 19 Buddhist monks departed on a 2,300-mile "Walk for Peace" from Texas to Washington, D.C., and last weekend they passed through Raleigh.

APEX, N.C. (RNS) — Judging from the crowds who lined up for miles on the side of the road to greet them and hand them flowers, oranges and bottled water, the simple act of walking for peace sparked ...

THESSALONIKI, Greece — An Orthodox Christian monk was hospitalized following a violent confrontation at a monastic sanctuary in northern Greece, authorities said Friday. The incident is tied to a ...

AMORGOS, Greece — For more than 50 years, Spyridon Denaxas has prayed, worked and welcomed the faithful in an island monastery carved into a seaside cliff that’s little changed since its founding more ...

Monks are individuals who have separated themselves from society and live either alone or in an organized community, devoting themselves entirely to religious life. The practice of monasticism, in ...

(Reuters) -Human rights activists accused Communist-run Vietnam of infringing on freedom of religion after a court handed jail sentences this week to five ethnically Khmer Buddhist monks and four ...

In 2023, my wife Liz embarked on a self-guided spiritual retreat at the Abbey of Gethsemani, the Trappist monastery in Nelson County. She returned with an armful of books and souvenirs from the ...

Testimony cited in The Hague shows how influential monks abandoned compassion to serve power and impunity, offering religious cover for the military’s violence.

SEOUL — A South Korean deejay dressed as a Buddhist monk bounced up and down on stage while playing electronic music and shouting: “This too shall pass!” The performance brought cheers from a crowd of ...