The crowds had grown ecstatic by the last leg of the monks’ 2,300-mile journey. Thousands lined streets in the nation’s capital, eager for some small role in a pilgrimage that had become a beacon of ...

Walking 3,200 miles throughout the South can wear you out. On Thursday, the 19 monks doing so took a break for lunch before resuming their trek on US Highway 64 toward downtown Pittsboro. Onlookers ...

A diverse swath of Americans searching for calm said they found some as a group of Buddhist monks finished a 2,300-mile trek from Texas to Washington. By Rick Rojas Photographs by Caroline Gutman For ...

Draped in burnt-orange robes, two dozen Buddhist monks arrived in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday on a 2,300-mile "Walk for Peace", a self-described spiritual journey across nine states that has been ...

WASHINGTON — Thousands gathered at Washington National Cathedral on Tuesday to see Buddhist monks who have completed a 108-day, 2,300-mile journey on foot from Texas to the nation's capital.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of Buddhist monks — bearing a message of peace — walked into the heart of Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, greeted by large, joyful crowds as they completed their 15-week trek ...

Returning to their east Fort Worth temple, the Buddhist monks who walked cross-country for peace were welcomed with rose petals, traditional lion dances and chants by hundreds of well-wishers who ...