Trappist Father Thomas Merton is pictured with the Dalai Lama in 1968. Credit: CNS photo/Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University Nothing among human things has such power to keep our gaze fixed ...

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Nearly 20 Buddhist monks who walked from Fort Worth to Houston received a warm welcome at Hong Kong City Mall on Friday morning as community members sought their blessings and celebrated their journey ...

Clad in brown robes, some barefoot, with simple packs in their shoulders, 19 Buddhist monks began their 2,300-mile walk of peace from Fort Worth to Washington, D.C., to promote national healing, unity ...

A Buddhist monk injured in a cable car crash in Sri Lanka died on Sunday, raising the death toll to eight in the worst accident of its kind, police said. Seven monks, including three foreigners, were ...

The Sacramento Kings and the Golden State Warriors have held discussions surrounding a potential sign-and-trade involving Jonathan Kuminga. It’s clear that the former team is very much interested in ...

Brother Joseph picks peaches in the courtyard at New Melleray Abbey, a Trappist Monastery near Dubuque, on Sept. 8. As part of his work at the Abbey, Brother Joseph maintains a small orchard of apple ...

Cambodian Buddhist monks support Prime Minister Hun Manet's nominating President Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize. The monks cite Trump's involvement in the ceasefire between Cambodia and Thailand as a ...

Cambodian monks on a march for peace thanked Trump for his role pressuring the leaders of Cambodia and Thailand to agree to a ceasefire following an armed conflict between the two countries. What's ...

In the late 1960s, a young NCR reporter named Colman McCarthy saw the emerging decline of American Trappist monasteries and offered a diagnosis: The monastic life is not active enough. Looking back ...

Monk fruit and stevia are popular zero-calorie natural sweeteners. They're often used in baking, drinks, and other recipes. Both offer sweetness without the calories or blood sugar spikes that come ...