(RNS) — Diocesan hermits by nature don’t get much attention. A small subset of religious persons, hermits mostly spend their lives engaged in quiet prayer. Brother Christian Matson, a Catholic ...

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 ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Stephen De Kerdrel, a hermit monk who was recently excommunicated by the Catholic Church, didn’t like Pope Francis right off the bat. While watching the pontiff on TV as he ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The Rev. William Wilson, a former Trappist monk who once lived in a hut as a hermit under a rule of silence, has tried many paths to spiritual enlightenment. One of his most ...

Oil on cigar box wood of the brand “H.UPMANN”. (c. 1875-80). 21.2 x 13.6 cm. With the monogram “S im Rhombus” lower right. Framed. Siegfried Wichmann, Carl Spitzweg. Die Nachhilfestunde. Dokumentation ...

MEETEETSE -- Plans by a group of Roman Catholic hermit monks to erect an outsized monastery in northern Wyoming have pitted neighbor against neighbor and ignited debate with religious undertones. At ...

I wish I were a hermit monk in a cave in ancient Egypt, contemplating the world. But before I surrender to escapism, I confess that the generation coming up has inspired me to stay in the world. Their ...