At Mepkin Abbey, a driveway lined with live oaks invites visitors into a sanctuary of silence where Catholic monks have devoted their lives to prayer and the search for God for more than 75 years.

As its community ages, New Melleray Abbey in Dubuque County has decided that it will no longer accept new members, which ...

Editor’s note: Opinion pieces are solely the opinion of the writer and not the Daily Journal. In the months before Thomas Merton entered the Trappist monastery of Abbey of Gethsemani, he went there on ...

A group of Buddhist monks are on a 2,300-mile "Walk for Peace" from Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C. The monks have continued their journey through recent winter storms in the southeastern U.S.

A mom says her nonverbal son with autism rarely allows anyone to touch his wrist — making one monk’s gentle gesture unforgettable Ashley Vega is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has returned new observations from TRAPPIST-1e, one of the most intriguing Earth-sized exoplanets discovered so far. The data hints at atmospheric or surface features ...

Monks on a journey from Texas to Washington, D.C., passed through Raleigh, North Carolin, on Saturday. While on their walk, they walked right behind WRAL's Raleigh studio. Monks on a journey from ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Monks' arrival could prompt temporary road closures near Raleigh. Forecast shifted toward freezing rain and icing risk as monks ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Forecast models show freezing rain risk that may delay monks' arrival to Raleigh. Monks report having warm clothing and contingency ...

The monks' "Walk for Peace" began in Thomasville and ended at Grandover Resort. Greyson Webb, 9, from Winston-Salem, gives one of the monks a flower on their Peace Walk W. English Road in High Point, ...

The Buddhist Monks walking for peace will be in the Triangle later this week. On Sunday, the Monks were in Lexington giving a Peace Sharing Talk and eating lunch at a local church. Other WRAL Top ...