Ever since the publication four years ago of his bestselling autobiography, The Seven Storey Mountain, Trappist Thomas Merton (Father Louis) has been testifying to the virtues of the strict monastic ...

The stripped-back beat that underpins the Touré brothers’ anthem originates from No Limit, the 1993 techno-dance hit by Belgian-Dutch group 2 Unlimited. The track was a global phenomenon, reaching ...

Pope Leo XIV blesses two lambs in the Urban VIII Chapel at the Vatican Jan. 21, 2026, the feast of St. Agnes. Credit: CNS photo/Vatican Media VATICAN CITY (OSV News) — Adding some sweetness to the ...

A Trappist monastery in Vina has earned yet another wine competition award, drawing people's attention to this Northstate location filled with a spirit of peace. The monks at the Abbey of Our Lady of ...

David Murphy Smith, age 85, passed away December 31 in Providence, RI. Dave was a sweet, curious intellectual; a runner; and a man who took sincere interest in anyone he met. He was born March 2, 1940 ...

Marcia Kramer joined CBS News New York in 1990 as an investigative and political reporter. Prior to CBS2, she was the City Hall bureau chief at the New York Daily News. A protest that took place ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A group of Buddhist monks walk along U.S. 378 in Saluda County with the Walk for Peace on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. The group of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Walk for Peace by Buddhist monks from the Huong Dao Temple in Texas will be crossing through South Carolina on their way to ...

Pope Leo XIV has chosen Norwegian Trappist Bishop Erik Varden to preach the first papal Lenten retreat of his pontificate with the Roman Curia later this month. Bishop Varden, a former abbot of Mount ...

Buddhist Monks and Their Dog Captivate Americans While Walking for Peace A group of Buddhist monks and their rescue dog are striding single file down country roads and highways across the South, ...

Gloria Branciani, a former religious sister of the Loyola Community, discusses the sexual, spiritual and psychological abuse she said she suffered by Father Marko Rupnik, her spiritual director and ...