Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Beate and Ulrich Heinen garden on their property north-west of Germany's Frankfurt. He was a monk for 40 years and she's an ex-nun ...

Andrew Jotischky’s new book is a history of monastic life from early Christianity - Alamy In seventh-century Emesa, Syria, a man walked through town tugging a dead dog on the end of a rope. He ...

About 500 people, mostly from Taiwan, are visiting P.E.I. right now as part of a retreat — and the group includes some parents who haven't seen their children in years. Tulip Blossom Social celebrates ...

The urban Buddhist nun and a protective rite for children in early North India -- On emptying chamber pots without looking and the urban location of Buddhist -- Nunneries in early India again -- On ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Come October, monks and nuns are busy harvesting olives at the Mount of Olives and the Gethsemane garden — where, according to the Gospel, Jesus spent the last night before being ...

Come October, monks and nuns are busy harvesting olives at the Mount of Olives and the Gethsemane garden — where, according to the Gospel, Jesus spent the last night before being taken up the other ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A massive 15-week, 2,300-mile trek for peace is coming to an end on Wednesday as a group of dedicated Buddhist monks embarks on the final full day of their journey through the ...

YANGON, Myanmar -- About 20,000 protesters led by Buddhist monks and nuns on Sunday mounted the largest anti-government protest in Myanmar since a failed 1988 democratic uprising, shouting support for ...

A humanoid robot has made history in South Korea by taking part in a ...