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 ...

A Catholic monk came out as transgender this month, saying the church had "to deal with" trans Catholics. On May 17, Brother Christian Matson, a Catholic monk in Kentucky, told Religion News Service, ...

Home to miles of Lake Superior shoreline, gorgeous nature, and a bakery run by Byzantine Catholic monks, this Michigan ...

Maryland’s first Carmelite monastery continues its hidden life of prayer as the sisters prepare for the arrival of St.

A Catholic diocese in the U.S. has shown support for a monk who announced this month that he was coming out as transgender. On Tuesday, the Catholic Diocese of Lexington, Kentucky, issued a statement ...

Two millennia later, the mostly Catholic monks and nuns here on the Mount of Olives who harvest on the terraces facing Jerusalem’s Old City see the intense work as a form of reverence and prayer. “The ...

On a piece of land in South Carolina where hundreds of Indigenous and African Americans were once enslaved, some Trappist monks, after discovering 20 unmarked graves, have installed a bronze sculpture ...

If you’re looking for unique handmade gifts for those on your list this Christmas, you’re going to love these delicious treats and original crafts created by Catholic monks and nuns. There’s something ...

KERENS, Texas - Here in cow country about 70 miles southeast of Dallas, amid scattered pecan trees and sloping fields of milkweed, six monks have come to live and pray. OSCAR DURAND/DMN John Tran, 8, ...

Father Jacques Mourad, a Syrian Catholic monk who was kidnapped in Syria by Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists in 2015 and managed to escape after five months in captivity, was consecrated as the new ...

Spencer Trappist Brewery, the only Trappist brewery located in the United States, announced it was ceasing operations via a Facebook post on Saturday. Trappist beer, or beer brewed by Catholic monks ...