LATRUN — A few dozen Israeli volunteers knelt in the dirt on Wednesday, planting sapling vines one by one as the midday sun beat down. Toiling alongside them were two robed young men with shaved heads ...

A Catholic monk in Kentucky has come out publicly as a transgender man and claims to be the first person in his position to do so. Brother Christian Matson, 39, a Catholic hermit in the Diocese of ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A Catholic monk came out as transgender this month, saying the church ...

The cover of Michael O'Brien's new book, 'Monastery Mornings: My Unusual Boyhood Among the Saints and Monks.' In the book, O'Brien shares his experiences growing up among the Trappist monks and the ...

Tucked among the farmland of California’s Delta, a Catholic monk from Vietnam and a Vietnam War veteran from California built ...

A group of Benedictine monks has cut ties with a Catholic school in a Chicago suburb after it hired a lacrosse coach who is in a same-sex marriage. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited ...