This year humanity will experience the largest global observance of the International Day of Peace in the history of the event, lasting longer – several weeks – than ever before. The focal point for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. RICHMOND, Va. (WFXR) — A 2,300 mile route where every step taken is to promote peace and unity around the nation and around the ...

Jan. 1 is marked each year as the World Day of Peace, a tradition begun by Pope Paul VI in 1967 and continued by every pope since. Across decades and vastly different global moments, each has insisted ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) marked the 100th day of the Walk for Peace monks’ journey through Central Virginia by proclaiming Monday as Walk for Peace Day. On Monday, Feb. 2, ...

Thousands lined the streets of Columbia Saturday afternoon to welcome a group of monks whose journey has captured attention across the country. Their message, peace, unity, and perseverance. Saturday ...

Pope Leo XIV greets visitors in St. Peter's Square as they gather to pray the Angelus prayer on the feast of the Holy Family, Dec. 28, 2025. Credit: OSV News photo/Matteo Pernaselci, Vatican Media.

RICHMOND, Va. — A powerful show of support greeted a group of Buddhist monks as they arrived in Richmond, drawing large crowds for moments of meditation, reflection, and community connection along ...

A group of Buddhist monks reached a significant milestone today as they arrived in Richmond, Virginia, on the 100th day of their 2,300-mile journey from Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C. The ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WFXR) — A 2,300 mile route where every step taken is to promote peace and unity around the nation and around the world. That is the goal of about two dozen Buddhist monks and their ...