Bishop Jacob Muricken, who garnered international attention after donating his kidney to a Hindu, is awaiting Church approval of his request to resign his episcopal duties to devote himself to a life ...

Modern hermits seek solitude not to escape the world but to learn how to listen more closely to God, to their neighbors and ...

The exact number of hermits in the world is unknown - in Italy, the latest available data speaks of two hundred people, men ...

GENOA, Wis. - Sister Mary Dawiczyk doesn't always know where her next dollar is coming from, but she believes God knows. "I do live by donations, and when I get low, I say, 'Lord, I need big monies,' ...

A Catholic bishop has become a hermit, quitting his position to fulfill his long-cherished desire, the first such case in the Catholic Church in India. Auxiliary Bishop Jacob Muricken of Palai diocese ...

There are other times, however, when we pray in a much more formal way. It is less spontaneous, but there we unite ourselves ...

The spiritual life is rich, beautiful, and complex. Nothing can exhaust the spiritual treasury of the Church or the soul that seeks union with God. Nothing can quench the desire within the human heart ...

A Catholic priest in a northern Indian state has received death threats from hardline Hindu activists after being questioned by police this week on suspicion of trying to convert Hindus who frequent ...

Father Mrad was known as 'the apostolic hermit,' a title reflecting his unique balance of deep solitude and active charity.

Like any good hermit Rachel Denton rises early in the morning to tend to her vegetable garden, feed her chickens, and pray. Sign up here. But the former British nun, who has pledged to live the rest ...