ASSISI, Italy (Reuters) - Franciscan monks have put the baby Jesus in a crib made of bullet shells in a yearly "provocation" nativity scene designed to draw attention to those suffering in the world.

ASSISI, Italy -- Imams, rabbis, Buddhist monks, Hindu holy men and followers of Confucius have strolled the chalky white and pink stone courtyards of the massive basilica here. Anti-globalization ...

Franciscan monks in charge of churches in the Holy Land are struggling to keep pilgrimage sites open for Christians stuck amid the ongoing conflict. The Custody of the Holy Land, the Catholic priory ...

Regarding the Dec. 13 Style article "Refuge in silence": The description of the tiny, secluded cabin in the middle of the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in Northeast Washington sounds like ...

On an island off of Croatia’s Adriatic coast, there is a place where silence, spirituality, and art coexist harmoniously. Built in 1483 as a cloistered sanctuary for contemplation and healing, Lopud ...

Prince Alban Lowenstein Wertheim Freudenberg was formerly a Captain in the Hanover Uhlans. General von Reichlin-Meldegg was formerly military commander of Ingolstadt, Bavaria. Both are now Franciscan ...