Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

RSVP journalist Shauna Bannon Ward's visit to Glencairn was to witness why young women are drawn to a cloistered life in ...

Yes, Alabama does have monks. The state’s only male monastic community lives at St. Bernard Abbey in Cullman, home to 30 Benedictine monks. There are also cloistered Dominican nuns at the Dominican ...

Palantir's Alex Karp has turned a onetime religious refuge outside Aspen into one of the most expensive private estates in Colorado, paying a reported $120 million for a sprawling ranch that once ...

For nearly 70 years, people from around the world visited St. Benedict’s Monastery in Old Snowmass, a place many called “a ...

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

The Nea Moni Monastery on the Greek island of Chios is a treasure from Greece's long history, now listed on UNESCO's World ...

A Greek Orthodox monk on Mount Athos, the center of Orthodox monasticism, died at the age of 82 without ever seeing a woman.

The Villa de Chantal served as a Catholic boarding and day school from 1901 to 1978. It was the vision of an order of cloistered nuns known as the Sisters of the Visitation who came to Rock Island ...

Into a Buddhist temple on the outskirts of Seoul stumped Korea’s leathery old President Syngman Rhee for a quick look around. He peeked into the tile-roofed monk’s residence attached to the temple, ...

A Trappist monastery in Vina has earned yet another wine competition award, drawing people's attention to this Northstate ...