At the end of a stretch of cracked asphalt shaded by a canopy of branches, a hidden refuge is tucked away less than two miles from the bustle of downtown McKinney and a world away from the ...

Outside the walls, a crowd of 60 supporters gathered to celebrate the long-awaited groundbreaking for a new chapel July 19.

Rare heraldic tiles were recently discovered under wooden floors at former Basilian monastery in Chełm, Poland, offering a view into 18th-century monastic life.

Aba has long played a crucial role. Protests erupted here during the Tibet-wide uprising of 2008 after, by some accounts, a monk held up a photo of the Dalai Lama inside the Kirti monastery.

Swapping his monk's habit for overalls and a sun hat, Father Christian-Marie knelt alongside volunteers in the freshly dug earth, planting grape vines to replace those damaged by wildfires that ...