Himmler traveled to Barcelona in 1940 convinced that the Abbey of Montserrat hid in its tunnels the chalice from which Christ ...

Spain certainly knows how to make an entrance ... Montserrat means “serrated mountain,” and these rugged peaks hide the Benedictine monastery of Santa Maria de Montserrat, sitting at nearly 4,000 feet ...

While the city is must-see, a visit to this unique region of northeastern Spain ... the Benedictine monastery, which hosts a celebrated wooden Madonna figure known as the Black Virgin of ...

Its towering spires and intricate details are a testament to the Gothic architecture style, making it one of the most famous monuments in Spain ... Montserrat mountain, this Benedictine abbey ...

Spain certainly knows how to make ... “serrated mountain,” and these rugged peaks hide the Benedictine monastery of Santa Maria de Montserrat, sitting at nearly 4,000 feet elevation and ...

A beach in the Australian state of South Australia has been closed due to a mysterious foam. Surfers have reported cold and ...

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 Dean and Chapter of Westminster, on behalf of all those at Westminster Abbey, has expressed deep sorrow at the death of His Holiness Pope Francis. The Dean of Westminster, the Very Revd Dr David ...

It consists of a basilica situated underground in an excavated space in the mountain, a monumental cross, a Benedictine monastery ... of the site will entail. Spain’s Ministry of Housing ...

Security checks are in place upon entry. At different times of the day, or in different seasons, the light falling in the Abbey will light up something that you have walked past a million times and ...

I never believed the almost fairy-tale-like story of St. George, who killed the dragon and rescued the princess in distress—until my doubt was confronted by a relic in the treasury of the Benedictine ...