New York Post

Monk sues DOJ for falsely accusing him of stealing $3.6M in COVID relief funds to buy Swiss watch, expensive wine

A Massachusetts monk claims “insidious lies” about him being a fake cleric and splurging on luxury items led the feds to bring multimillion-dollar COVID relief fraud charges against him — which were ...
America Magazine

Kilian McDonnell, a Benedictine monk whose life’s work was Christian unity

Kilian McDonnell, O.S.B., in an undated photo. Credit: Paul Middlestaedt/Collegeville Institute The homilist at the funeral of Kilian McDonnell, O.S.B., on Sept. 16 ...
National Catholic Register

Pray Like a Monk: ‘Monasticamp’ Prompts College Students to Pray and Ponder

While for many students at the University of St. Thomas (UST) in St. Paul, Minnesota, a recent warm September Saturday meant a break from classes, college seminarian Sean Czaplewski and 35 other ...
The New York Times

London’s Peace Monk Chants, Drums and Walks to Urge an End to War

For 40 years, the Rev. Gyoro Nagase has overseen a temple to peace in a popular park in Battersea, his ever-present drum by his side. The Rev. Gyoro Nagase, 74, on a peace march this month in ...
Smithsonian Magazine

This Christian Cross Found in Abu Dhabi Illuminates the Lives of Monks Who Lived 1,400 Years Ago

The plaster artifact is about one foot long, seven inches wide and one inch thick. Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism Researchers have discovered a Christian cross molded from stucco on a ...
The Hill

Hundreds of Buddhist monks in Cambodia gather to praise ceasefire with Thailand and mourn the dead

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Hundreds of Buddhist monks in Cambodia on Friday held a religious ceremony to honor soldiers killed in recent border clashes with Thai forces and to pray for peace. They ...