In northeast Scotland, six miles southwest of Elgin in Moray, stands Pluscarden Abbey, the northernmost Benedictine abbey in the world. Within its medieval walls, a community of some 15 Catholic ...

Archaeologists have discovered the foundations of a major medieval tannery at a former monastery in northern England. National Trust Image Monastic religious communities are generally perceived as ...

The monks at Westminster Abbey wore the habit of the Order of St Benedict, who established the Benedictine rules for the monks in about 540AD.

The new report finds evidence of appalling sexual and physical mistreatment of students as young as 7, as well as a culture of secrecy, at two abbey schools.

Eighty years after its total destruction in the Second World War, the reconstructed Benedictine Abbey of Monte Cassino in Italy stands as a timeless testament to the enduring legacy of its founder ...

Archaeologists are digging to find a Benedictine abbey that has lain undisturbed for almost five centuries. Cerne Abbey in Dorset was demolished in 1539 during the Dissolution and the land has ...

In 2018 one of England's historic monasteries will celebrate the millennium year of its foundation, offering a prime example of the contribution of monastic life to society amid an ...

Inside the life of British monks – how much they earn to what they do for fun Ampleforth Abbey in North Yorkshire has recently set up a TikTok account and the monks there have been busy ...

Nuns are having to leave a historical building in Worcestershire after nearly two centuries. Stanbrook Abbey has been put up for sale - at £6m - and the entire Benedictine community is to move away to ...

The Benedictine monks eventually moved into it from the nearby St Peter's Grange, which had been their home since 1928, in 1972.