Monks socially distancing as they go about their daily alms rounds while dressed in face masks as well as robes have become a common sight during the coronavirus pandemic in Thailand. Pictures in Thai ...

BANGKOK, THAILAND — Above the din of children playing, tourists chatting and dogs barking, a muffled clang echoes through the alleyways. It's 70-year-old Pranee Sutdis who, as she has for most the ...

PATHUM THANI, Thailand (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Buddhist monks gathered on Friday at a Thai temple mired in controversy to join in a ceremony organizers called the world's largest offering of ...

Catholics joined Buddhists in Sri Lanka to serve free food to thousands of pilgrims on June 16 as part of celebrations for Poson Poya Day, which annually marks the arrival of Buddhism in the third ...

BANGKOK, Thailand — Above the din of children playing, tourists chatting and dogs barking, a muffled clang echoes through the alleyways. It’s 70-year-old Pranee Sutdis who, as she has for most the ...

Sister Subhashini Samarathunga, a Holy Family Convent nun, was busy serving herbal drinks to pilgrims passing by St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka’s North Central Province on June 28 ...

In this Aug. 23, 2015, photo, women Buddhist monks walk during their morning alms rounds in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand. The top Buddhist authority in Thailand bars women from becoming monks. Thailand has ...

Reverence for the saffron-robed Buddhist monkhood is deeply woven into Thai society, but a sex extortion scandal has besmirched the clergy and left the devout questioning their faith. Thai police this ...