The Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument in southern New Mexico has unique geology, birds, reptiles, plants, and human history – including a murdered monk. As we approach the Christmas ...

A Catholic monk in Kentucky has come out publicly as a transgender man and claims to be the first person in his position to do so. Brother Christian Matson, 39, a Catholic hermit in the Diocese of ...

I wish I were a hermit monk in a cave in ancient Egypt, contemplating the world. But before I surrender to escapism, I confess that the generation coming up has inspired me to stay in the world. Their ...

Editor’s note: The Journal continues “What’s in a Name?,” a once a month column in which Elaine D. Briseño will give a short history of how places in New Mexico got their names. Religious devotees ...