On top of Mount Equinox, 17 monks from all over the world live quietly, dedicating their lives to silence, solitude and contemplation. The Charterhouse of the Transfiguration, America s only ...

I grew up in the northwest corner of the state where jutting up on the prairie an abbey and monastery stand like holy skyscrapers, farmland all around. I once visited the abbey, with a monk saying he ...

Hiding among the fish barrels, Katharina von Bora must have realized she would have a remarkable life. A nun dissatisfied with cloistered life, she wrote to Martin Luther, asking for help escaping ...

CHICAGO -- They live a no-frills, no-thrills sort of life, chanting prayers for several hours a day, eating most meals in contemplative silence and shunning such modern conveniences as televisions, ...

Read full article: There’s a big mystery at this prehistoric Florida spring. Just be sure to plug your nose That’s according to the Miami Visitor’s Bureau, which lists it as the Ancient Spanish ...