Our Benedictine community was founded in 1854 by Maria Einsiedeln Abbey in Switzerland to serve the German-speaking immigrants. Besides living the cenobitic life, centered around the celebration ...

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MOUNT ATHOS, Greece (AP) — The medieval monastery clings almost impossibly to sheer cliffs high above the shimmering turquoise of the Aegean Sea. Rising from the rugged granite rock, its walls ...

Over 12 days, they will face strenuous climbs along a medieval Catholic route which will see them travel from outside Austria to the Einsiedeln Abbey near Lake Zurich in Switzerland.

Seven celebrities of differing faiths and beliefs take on a pilgrimage through the Austrian and Swiss Alps to Einsiedeln Abbey (above), which has been a pilgrim destination for over a thousand years.

It was one of several insightful observations as the group made its 12-day pilgrimage from Innsbruck to Einsiedeln Abbey in the Swiss Alps, stopping at monasteries along the way. As many have ...

Seven celebrities of differing faiths and beliefs take on a pilgrimage through the Austrian and Swiss Alps to Einsiedeln Abbey, a pilgrim destination for over a thousand years. Show more Seven ...

Jay McGuiness was visibly overcome with emotion as he remembered his The Wanted bandmate Tom Parker on the BBC programme Pilgrimage, leading to tearful moments. The 34-year-old singer couldn't ...