The restoration will ensure that it is a Benedictine home for future generations. “The monastery has existed for nearly 14 centuries, though with interruptions,” Dom Jean-Charles Nault ...

The monks at Westminster Abbey wore the black habit of the Order of St Benedict, who had originally established the Benedictine rules for the monks of his own abbey at Monte Cassino in Italy about ...

While Francis kept open the possibility, and even had a resignation letter prepared, he said more recently that he believed ...

ITALY: John and Angelo Zorn from Novato spent three nights at Astapiana Villa Giusso, a 17th-century monastery overlooking the Sorrento peninsula and Bay of Naples. Now a sprawling estate with ...

As the football season draws to a close, a monk from Ampleforth Abbey – a Benedictine abbey in North Yorkshire – has taken to social media to answer a burning question he is often asked ...

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Monks’ days tend to be anchored in busy schedules of worship and work, since the monasteries have to support themselves. “There is no time for boredom. Nor for melancholy,” Spyridon said.

While Francis kept open the possibility, and even had a resignation letter prepared, he said more recently that he believed that the papacy was for life. And he ultimately lived out that belief, ...

A father from Ampleforth Abbey a - Benedictine abbey and monastery in North Yorkshire - made a surprising confession on TikTok. "Yes we do [follow football] - we have one monk who supports Leeds ...

When Chris "Bubba" Frazier broke into the starting lineup of the Benedictine football team as a sophomore receiver, it didn't take long for the gifted athlete to establish himself as one of the ...

Intaj Malek, who earned his PhD studying ‘Upanishads and Islamic mysticism’, has become the go-to research guide for Jain monks and nuns pursuing PhDs Intaj Malek, who earned his PhD studying ...