December 21 marks World Meditation Day in the U.S. To find out how the centuries-old practice can help shape your wellbeing ...

I’m not good at sleeping. Scratch that: I am good at sleeping, just not at the times when I’m supposed to. I love the night. I’m galvanized by the moon shining in through my window, sitting at a desk ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Located between corn and bean fields near Schuyler, you’ll find a monastery that offers the chance to learn more about the monastic way of life. Father Thomas Leitner is one of ...

Before Tom Abel was a husband, a father of five and a counselor, he was a Trappist monk. Never mind that his post-monastery years number more than double the 20 he spent cloistered, his religious life ...

Jay Shetty is a self-help coach and host of the health and wellness podcast “On Purpose,” drawing on his experience living and studying in an ashram in India. He wants you to think like a monk too, as ...

This week's statement from the Vatican reaffirming celibacy for priests prompted an essay from commentator Peter Manseau. Manseau grew up in a household where his father, a former Roman Catholic ...

A second chance at life. That’s what three endangered Hawaiian monk seals now have as they return to life in the wild at Midway Atoll. Wildlife officials rescued the three last year, when they were ...

A U.S. Benedictine community has planted roots in the Emerald Isle, becoming the first new monastery in the Diocese of Meath since the Reformation. Above and below, the monks pray at Mass and have ...

In Greek mythology, monk seals were highly revered as sacred animals. The god Poseidon protected them, and many believed they ...