The street co-naming honors the life of the Zen master who once lived and studied on the same block of West 109th Street.

A Jesuit priest discusses how Christian tattooing started shortly after Jesus’ crucifixion and spread across Europe in later ...

New research from the University of Cambridge sheds light on the use of seal products across Europe during the middle ages, ...

Monks and nuns from Tibetan monasteries took lessons in science at the Thekcehn Choeling temple at McLeodganj in Dharamsala yesterday. The Science for Monks and Nuns Initiative was introduced in ...

Four months after its reopening, Notre Dame Cathedral hosted an emotional Easter ceremony Friday centered on the Crown of ...

In a disturbing incident that has sparked outrage, six persons, including a minor, were arrested for attacking three Jain monks with sticks and sharp weapons in Singoli town of Neemuch district ...

Thirteen monks are awarded the prestigious Tibetan Buddhist academic degree Geshe Lharampa, equivalent to a doctorate in mainstream higher education, in Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region ...

The philanderer boasted about a selection of his sexcapades including threesomes with nuns and even his own daughter ... bolt and ran away with a renegade monk, spending much of the rest of ...

A court in central India’s Chhattisgarh state has dismissed the pre-arrest bail application of a Catholic nun, who faces arrest after a student from her nursing college accused the nun of attempting ...

A 17-year-old girl who aspired to become a Catholic nun was found hanging from a ceiling fan in a convent room in central India, but police detained a priest following pressure from Hindu groups.

The conflict between Israel and Palestinians — and other groups in the Middle East — goes back decades. These stories provide context for current developments and the history that led up to them.