BETHLEHEM, West Bank – Hopeful of holding Sunday services, monks and local Christians on Saturday scrubbed and swept up trash left behind after the 39-day siege of the Church of the Nativity ended.

Three monks belonging to Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church were killed in an attack on Tuesday at a monastery in South Africa. The attack occurred at the Saint Mark the Apostle and Saint Samuel the ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The Coptic Orthodox Church said three monks have been killed in an attack at a monastery in South Africa. The church says they were killed Tuesday at the Saint Mark the ...

This undated photo released by the Coptic Orthodox Church, shows Coptic monk Zeinoun al-Maqari, in Egypt. Egypt’s Coptic church said Wednesday, Sept, 26, 2018, that prosecutors are investigating the ...

A Catholic monk came out as transgender this month, saying the church had "to deal with" trans Catholics. On May 17, Brother Christian Matson, a Catholic monk in Kentucky, told Religion News Service, ...

FILE - In this May 27, 2017 file photo, a priest walks in front of St. Samuel the Confessor Monastery in Maghagha, Egypt. Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church says it will not accept new monks in ...

MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian Orthodox Church on Friday defrocked a coronavirus-denying monk who has defied Kremlin lockdown orders and taken control of a monastery. A church panel in the Ural Mountains ...

BERLIN -- Five monks were assaulted at a Vienna church on Thursday by two people, at least one of whom apparently demanded money and valuables, police said. Police said the assault happened at about 1 ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Three Egyptian monks belonging to the Coptic Orthodox Church were fatally stabbed in an attack at a monastery in South Africa and a suspect has been arrested, police said ...