Whether biking to castles or kayaking through gorges, a trip centred on this river is the epitome of European romance.

SAINT-WANDRILLE, France — The son of a noble family from the Verdun region of France in the seventh century, Wandrille held a prestigious position at the court of his kinsman, King Dagobert I.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Guanche people of the Canary Islands typically mummified all deceased members of their community until the arrival of ...

Joanne Froggatt is set to reprise her role as Anna Bates in Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale. The actress – who is currently promoting MobLand in the US – was quizzed about the third and final ...

The site is also home to a Benedictine abbey, a boys’ Catholic Gregorian choir school, and a basilica situated underground in an excavated space in the mountain. A 492-foot cross, the largest in ...