Until a few months ago, the parishioners at St. John the Baptist Church in Costa Mesa were used to seeing a lone harried cleric conducting daily Mass. The attendance of only one priest at services has ...

Auxiliary Bishop Job Koo Yoo-bi of Seoul said that in this first phase, testimonies will be gathered about Father Bang Yu-ryong’s heroic virtues. St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City. (photo: Xosema / ...

In the stillness of a balmy spring day, as a breeze floats through the Joshua trees and a clanging bell summons the men to prayer, the presence of God is palpable. At least that is how Brother Vincent ...

The Rev. Robert Palladino, who died Feb. 26 at age 83, touched the lives of hundreds of thousands of Oregonians -- many of whom he never met. To a few he was a monastic brother, to some a calligraphy ...

A cinemactress’s southern plantation last week became a Trappist monastery. To Conyers, Ga., 30 miles northeast of Atlanta, came 20 monks (10 priests, 3 clerics or students, 7 lay brothers), all ...